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Jumper

Third Eye Blind · 1997

Jumper by Third Eye Blind (1997) — 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

  • I would understand
  • I would understand
  • The angry boy
  • A bit too insane

Echo the hook

  • And I would understand
  • I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
  • I would understand
  • I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend
understandwishstep

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Thatbeen living in

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Icing over apain

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You're theof light on a burial shroud

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Well,I know has got a reason

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And I do notanyone knows

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And yourhave left you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You could cut ties with all the lies

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I would understand

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're the first to fight

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know something's wrong

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And well, he's on the table

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You could cut ? with all the lies

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You ? you don't belong

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Well, ? I know has got a reason

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And ? he's on the table

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And your ? have left you

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 "understand" in the whole song?

"understand"

Exercise 23

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

"wish"

Exercise 24

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

  • I would understand
  • That you've been living in
  • What they are doing here

Exercise 25

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

understandwishstepledge

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Jumper" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

understandwishstepledge

Exercise 27

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

understandwishstepledge

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you've→
  • don't→
  • you're→
  • he's→

Exercise 29

"Jumper" was released in 1997. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

understandwishstepledge

Exercise 30

If you could ask Third Eye Blind one question about "Jumper", what would it be and why?

understandwishstepledge