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A2.1·rock·3:32

Just Like Heaven

The Cure · 1987

Just Like Heaven by The Cure (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

  • Soft and only
  • You
  • Lost and lonely
  • You

Sing the opening verse

  • The one that makes me scream, she said
  • The one that makes me laugh, she said
  • Threw her arms around my neck
  • Show me how you do it, and I promise you
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

The one thatme scream, she said

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithat I'll run away with you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Dreamed of all theways

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Daylightme into shape

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Iup my eyes

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Alonea raging sea

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The one that makes me scream, she said

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I promise that I'll run away with you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I kissed her face and kissed her head

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why are you so far away?, she said

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're just like a dream

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The one that ? me scream, she said

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? that I'll run away with you

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Dreamed of all the ? ways

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I must have been ? for days

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And ? myself alone

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 "show" in the whole song?

"show"

Exercise 23

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

"alone"

Exercise 24

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

  • Daylight licked me into shape
  • The one that makes me scream, she said
  • Why are you so far away?, she said

Exercise 25

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

  • Dancing in the deepest oceans
  • I opened up my eyes
  • The one that makes me laugh, she said

Exercise 26

Compare "Just Like Heaven" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll→
  • won't→
  • i'm→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

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

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