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Jeremy

Pearl Jam · 1991

Jeremy by Pearl Jam (1991) — 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

  • Jeremy spoke in class today
  • Jeremy spoke in class today
  • Clearly I remember
  • Pickin' on the boy

Echo the hook

  • Jeremy spoke in
  • Spoke in
  • Jeremy spoke in
  • Spoke in
jeremyspokeclass

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

At homepictures

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And the dead lay inof maroon below

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Kingthe wicked

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Jeremy spoke intoday

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Gnashed hisand bit the recess lady's breast

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And the boy wasthat mommy wouldn't wear

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Clearly I remember

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How could I forget

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, like the day I heard

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Of mountain tops

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Lemon yellow sun

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

At ? drawing pictures

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Daddy ? give attention

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Jeremy ? in class today

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But we ? the lion

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Daddy didn't ? affection, no

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 "jeremy" in the whole song?

"jeremy"

Exercise 23

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

"spoke"

Exercise 24

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

  • At home drawing pictures
  • Clearly I remember
  • King Jeremy the wicked

Exercise 25

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

  • And he hit me with a surprise left
  • Jeremy spoke in class today
  • Of mountain tops

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Jeremy" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

jeremyspokeclasstoday

Exercise 27

If you could ask Pearl Jam one question about "Jeremy", what would it be and why?

jeremyspokeclasstoday

Exercise 28

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

jeremyspokeclasstoday

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • wouldn't→

Exercise 30

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

jeremyspokeclasstoday