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A2.1·punk·3:27

In Too Deep

Sum 41 · 2001

In Too Deep by Sum 41 (2001) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Instead of going under
  • 'Cause I'm in too deep
  • And I'm trying to keep
  • Up above in my head

Echo the hook

  • Instead of going under again
  • Instead of going under
  • Instead of going under again
  • Instead of going under again (instead of going under again)
insteadgoingunder

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Thewe're falling

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

We'rein circles again

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But still, we'reone more time

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Upin my head

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Because I'mover backwards to relate

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Some, it's not easy

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The faster we're falling

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're running in circles again

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But still, we're trying one more time

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I'm in too deep

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Because I'm bending over backwards to relate

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? we're falling

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Just as ? were looking up

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

When ? it's closer than it is too far

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Because I'm ? over backwards to relate

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I ? it when you fake it

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 "instead" in the whole song?

"instead"

Exercise 23

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

"going"

Exercise 24

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

  • Instead of going under
  • It took so long for this to die
  • The faster we're falling

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cause I'm in too deep
  • It seems that something's telling me
  • We're stopping and stalling

Exercise 26

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

insteadgoingundertrying

Exercise 27

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

insteadgoingundertrying

Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "In Too Deep", what would happen instead?

insteadgoingundertrying

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • we're→
  • wasn't→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • can't→

Exercise 30

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

insteadgoingundertrying