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B1.1·rock·6:49

How Soon Is Now?

The Smiths · 1985

How Soon Is Now? by The Smiths (1985) — 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

I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does

Echo the hook

I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

heirshutmouth

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Of athat is criminally vulgar

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, shut yourhow can you say

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I amand I need to be loved

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I go about things theway?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

So you go and youon your own

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

When you say it'sto happen now

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I am the son and the heir

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, shut your mouth, how can you say

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There's a club if you'd like to go

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And you leave on your own

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, when exactly do you mean?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Of a ? that is criminally vulgar

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I go about ? the wrong way?

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh, shut your ? how can you say

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

There's a ? if you'd like to go

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

When you say it's ? to happen now

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 "heir" in the whole song?

"heir"

Exercise 23

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

"shut"

Exercise 24

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

And you leave on your own
I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar

Exercise 25

Rewrite the chorus of "How Soon Is Now?" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

heirshutmouththings

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "How Soon Is Now?" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

heirshutmouththings

Exercise 27

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

heirshutmouththings

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

there's→
you'd→
it's→
i've→

Exercise 29

Who in your life would you dedicate "How Soon Is Now?" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

heirshutmouththings

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

heirshutmouththings