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It's Been Awhile

Staind · 2001

It's Been Awhile by Staind (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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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • And it's been awhile
  • Since I could hold my head up high
  • And it's been awhile
  • Since I first saw you

Echo the hook

  • And everything I can't remember
  • As fucked up as it all may seem
  • The consequences that are rendered
  • I've stretched myself beyond my means
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Since Isaw you

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

AndI can't remember

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thethat are rendered

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Since I can say that Iaddicted and

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I've gone and fuckedup again, again

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Since I could look atstraight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Since I could hold my head up high

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Since I could call you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've stretched myself beyond my means

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've gone and fucked things up again, again

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Since I could look at myself straight

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Since I could ? my head up high

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? I can't remember

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I've ? myself beyond my means

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I've ? and fucked things up again, again

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Since I could look at ? straight

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 "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

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

"awhile"

Exercise 24

"It's Been Awhile" was released in 2001. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 25

Imagine you are making a short film with "It's Been Awhile" 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

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • can't→
  • i've→
  • wasn't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 28

If you could ask Staind one question about "It's Been Awhile", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "It's Been Awhile" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 30

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

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