Killer Queen
Queen · 1974
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Sing with the chorus
- She's a Killer Queen
- Gunpowder, gelatin
- Dynamite with a laser beam
- Guaranteed to blow your mind (anytime)
Sing it again — final chorus
- She's a Killer Queen
- Gunpowder, gelatin
- Dynamite with a laser beam
- Guaranteed to blow your mind (anytime)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
At anytime, an invitation you can't decline
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She never kept the same address
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Then again incidentally she's a killer queen
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
For cars, she couldn't care less
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She's out to get you
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
A ? remedy for Kruschev and Kennedy
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
She's a ? Queen
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
She ? kept the same address
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Then again ? (she's a killer queen)
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Guaranteed to blow your ? (anytime)
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "she's" in the whole song?
"she's"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "killer" in the whole song?
"killer"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- A built-in remedy for Kruschev and Kennedy
- Drop of a hat
- She spoke just like a baroness
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- At anytime, an invitation you can't decline
- Perfume came naturally from Paris (naturally)
- Temporarily out of gas
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Killer Queen" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Killer Queen" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Killer Queen" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→she's→wanna→you're→couldn't→
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Killer Queen" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?