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B1.1·pop-rock·3:36

In the Stars

Benson Boone · 2022

In the Stars by Benson Boone (2022) — 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 still holdin' on
  • Holdin' on, holdin' on
  • I'm still holdin' on
  • Holdin' on, holdin' on

Echo the hook

  • Oh, it hurts so hard
  • For a million different reasons
  • You took the best of my heart
  • And left the rest in pieces
holdin'don'tcause

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Sundaywere your favorite

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Evenit's only church where we were goin'

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

It's like Imy faith with you

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

For adifferent reasons

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Diggin'your old birthday letters

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

For a millionreasons

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now, Sunday mornings, I just sleep in

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You took the best of my heart

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm still, ooh

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, it hurts so hard

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And left the rest in pieces

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Sunday ? were your favorite

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Now, ? mornings, I just sleep in

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh, it ? so hard

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And ? the rest in pieces

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

For a million ? reasons

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 "holdin'" in the whole song?

"holdin'"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • A crumpled 20 still in the box
  • Holdin' on, holdin' on
  • Sunday mornings were your favorite

Exercise 25

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

  • And left the rest in pieces
  • I'm still holdin' on
  • Now, Sunday mornings, I just sleep in

Exercise 26

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

holdin'don'tcauseit's

Exercise 27

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

holdin'don'tcauseit's

Exercise 28

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

holdin'don'tcauseit's

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • that's→
  • wanna→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

Compare "In the Stars" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

holdin'don'tcauseit's