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Just the Way You Are

Billy Joel · 1977

Just the Way You Are by Billy Joel (1977) — 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

I, don't want clever conversation
Never want to work that hard, mhm-mmh
I just want someone
That I can talk to

Sing it again — final chorus

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard, mhm-mmh
I just want someone that I can talk to
I want you just the way you are

wantdon'tnever

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

To try andme

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Don'tyou're too familiar

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't gosome new fashion

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Although Inot seem to care

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Same oldthat I knew

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I said I love youforever

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You never let me down before, mhm-mmh

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I don't see you anymore...

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I took the good times

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I take you just the way you are

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Although I might not seem to care

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

To try and ? me

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I would not ? you in times of trouble

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You ? have my unspoken passion

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

That I can ? to

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I said I love you ? forever

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 "want" in the whole song?

"want"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

Don't go changing
Don't go trying some new fashion
Need to know that you will always be

Exercise 25

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

I said I love you that's forever
Never want to work that hard, mhm-mmh
To try and please me

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Just the Way You Are", what would happen instead?

wantdon'tnevertimes

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Just the Way You Are" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "Just the Way You Are" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

don't→
you're→
i'll→
that's→
couldn't→

Exercise 30

"Just the Way You Are" was released in 1977. 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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