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I'm a Believer

The Monkees · 1966

I'm a Believer by The Monkees (1966) — 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'm in love (mm, ah)
  • I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried
  • I thought love was more or less a given thing
  • Seems the more I gave the less I got

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I'm in love (mm, ah)
  • I'm a believer, I couldn't leave her if I tried
  • Oh
  • Ah, love was out to get me (duh-duh-duh duh-duh)
believerfacetrace

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ilove was only true in fairytales

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Meant forelse but not for me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

That's the way it(duh-duh-duh duh-duh)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Not aof doubt in my mind

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

When Isunshine, I got rain

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Nowthe way it seemed (duh-duh-duh duh-duh)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I thought love was only true in fairytales

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All you get is pain duh-duh-duh duh-duh

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Said I'm a believer, yeah I'm a believer

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That's the way it seemed duh-duh-duh duh-duh

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Not a trace of doubt in my mind

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? love was only true in fairytales

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

That's the way it ? (duh-duh-duh duh-duh)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Not a ? of doubt in my mind

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

All you get is ? (duh-duh-duh duh-duh)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Now ? the way it seemed (duh-duh-duh duh-duh)

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 "believer" in the whole song?

"believer"

Exercise 23

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

"face"

Exercise 24

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

  • Disappointment haunted all my dreams
  • Meant for someone else but not for me
  • When I needed sunshine, I got rain

Exercise 25

If you had to summarize "I'm a Believer" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "I'm a Believer" 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 The Monkees one question about "I'm a Believer", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • that's→
  • i'm→
  • couldn't→
  • what's→

Exercise 29

Compare "I'm a Believer" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 30

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

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