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B1.1·rock·6:16

Hurt

Nine Inch Nails · 1994

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails (1994) — 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

  • What have I become?
  • My sweetest friend
  • Everyone I know
  • Goes away in the end

Echo the hook

  • My empire of dirt
  • I will let you down
  • I will make you hurt
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I hurttoday

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

The onlythat's real

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But Ieverything

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I wear thisof shit

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Beneath theof time

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I am stillhere

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hurt myself today

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I focus on the pain

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

What have I become?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You could have it all

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I will make you hurt

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? myself today

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? tears a hole

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

My ? of dirt

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Full of ? thoughts

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If I could ? again

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 "hurt" in the whole song?

"hurt"

Exercise 23

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

  • I hurt myself today
  • What have I become?
  • You could have it all

Exercise 24

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

  • Full of broken thoughts
  • Goes away in the end
  • To see if I still feel

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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