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B1.2·rock·4:07

It's the End of the World as We Know It

R.E.M. · 1987

It's the End of the World as We Know It by R.E.M. (1987) — 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 I feel fine
  • Six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in foreign tower
  • Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
  • Lock him in uniform, book burning, blood letting

Sing it again — final chorus

  • And I feel fine
  • (I feel fine)
  • It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
  • It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)
it'stimeworld

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Lennyis not afraid

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Wire in a fire,seven games

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Uh-oh,population, common food

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Slash and burn,listen to yourself churn

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

No fear,renegade steer clear

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Mountains sit in a line,Bernstein

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I decline

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Breathing down your neck

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Lenny ? is not afraid

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And a ? for hire and a combat site

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But ? do, save yourself, serve yourself

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Every ? escalate, automotive incinerate

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Offer me ? offer me alternatives

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 "time" in the whole song?

"time"

Exercise 24

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

  • (I feel fine)
  • And I feel fine
  • Lenny Bruce is not afraid

Exercise 25

If you had to summarize "It's the End of the World as We Know It" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

it'stimeworldknow

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "It's the End of the World as We Know It" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

it'stimeworldknow

Exercise 27

If you could ask R.E.M. one question about "It's the End of the World as We Know It", what would it be and why?

it'stimeworldknow

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • that's→
  • don't→
  • it's→

Exercise 29

Compare "It's the End of the World as We Know It" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

it'stimeworldknow

Exercise 30

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

it'stimeworldknow