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I Heard It Through the Grapevine

Marvin Gaye · 1968

I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye (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

Heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Oh I heard it through the grapevine
Oh I'm just about to lose my mind

Sing it again — final chorus

(Heard it through the grapevine)
(Not much longer would you be my baby, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh)
People say believe half of what you see, son
And none of what you hear

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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ooh, I betwonderin' how I knew

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

With someguy you knew before

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Heard itthe grapevine

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I know a man ain'tto cry

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

That you loveelse

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

For the other guy youbefore?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It took me by surprise I must say

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don'tcha know that I

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh I heard it through the grapevine

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know a man ain't supposed to cry

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Ooh, I bet ? wonderin' how I knew

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

When I ? out yesterday

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh I'm just about to ? my mind

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You could have ? me yourself

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If it's ? please tell me dear

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 "heard" in the whole song?

"heard"

Exercise 23

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

"through"

Exercise 24

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

But these tears I can't hold inside
If it's true please tell me dear
Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew

Exercise 25

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

'Bout your plans to make me blue
Heard it through the grapevine
Oh I heard it through the grapevine

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Marvin Gaye one question about "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

you're→
i'm→
can't→
it's→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", what would happen instead?

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