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Hung Up

Madonna · 2005

Hung Up by Madonna (2005) — 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

  • Time goes by so slowly
  • Time goes by so slowly
  • Time goes by so slowly
  • Time goes by so slowly

Echo the hook

  • So slowly
  • So slowly
  • So slowly
  • So slowly
slowlywaitinghung

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Everything that you say or do

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Baby,and day

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Time goes by sofor those who wait

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm tired ofon you

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Theare on but there's no one home

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'm done, I'mup on you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Every little thing that you say or do

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm hung up on you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm tired of waiting on you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't know what to do

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't keep on waiting for you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Time ? by so slowly

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? of waiting on you

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? know what to do

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Ring, ? ring goes the telephone

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? keep on waiting for you

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 "slowly" in the whole song?

"slowly"

Exercise 23

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

"waiting"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm hung up on you
  • Time goes by so slowly
  • Waiting for your call

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Hung Up" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

slowlywaitinghungtime

Exercise 26

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

slowlywaitinghungtime

Exercise 27

Compare "Hung Up" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

slowlywaitinghungtime

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • there's→
  • it's→
  • can't→
  • you're→

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Hung Up" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

slowlywaitinghungtime

Exercise 30

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

slowlywaitinghungtime