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A1.2·rock · classic-rock·7:11

Hey Jude

The Beatles · 1968

Hey Jude by The Beatles (1968) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Na-na-na-na, hey Jude
  • Na-na-na-na-na
  • Na-na-na-na, hey Jude

Echo the hook

  • Hey Jude, don't make it bad
  • Take a sad song and make it better
  • Remember to let her into your heart
  • Then you can start to make it better

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Then you canto make it better

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Then youto make it better

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don'tthe world upon your shoulders

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You'refor someone to perform with

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Remember to let heryour skin

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Better,better, better, better, better, oh

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then you can start to make it better

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then you begin to make it better

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The movement you need is on your shoulder

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Remember to let her into your heart

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Hey ? don't make it bad

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Hey Jude, ? be afraid

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Don't ? the world upon your shoulders

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You're ? for someone to perform with

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Better, ? better, better, better, better, oh

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "jude" in the whole song?

"jude"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "better" in the whole song?

"better"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • Hey Jude, don't make it bad
  • Na-na-na-na, hey Jude (Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude, Jude)
  • You're waiting for someone to perform with

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Better, better, better, better, better, better, oh
  • Na-na-na-na, hey Jude
  • Take a sad song and make it better

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Hey Jude" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

judebetterdon'tjudy

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Hey Jude" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

judebetterdon'tjudy

Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Hey Jude" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

judebetterdon'tjudy

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't
  • it's
  • you're
  • you'll
  • gonna

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Hey Jude" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

judebetterdon'tjudy