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Last Christmas

Wham! · 1984

Last Christmas by Wham! (1984) — 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 with the chorus

  • This year, to save me from tears
  • I'll give it to someone special
  • Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
  • But the very next day, you gave it away (you gave it away)

Sing it again — final chorus

  • This year, to save me from tears
  • I'll give it to someone special (special)
  • Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
  • But the very next day, you gave it away

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

LastI gave you my heart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'll give it tospecial

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Onceand twice shy

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, it's been a year, itsurprise me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

"Merry Christmas," Iit up and sent it

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mfrom you, and your soul of ice

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll give it to someone special special

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now I know what a fool I've been

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A man undercover, but you tore him apart

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, oh-oh, ooh-oh-oh-oh

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Last ? I gave you my heart

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'll ? it to someone special

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'll give it to ? special (special)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

"Merry Christmas," I ? it up and sent it

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

A ? room, friends with tired eyes

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 "gave" in the whole song?

"gave"

Exercise 23

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

"special"

Exercise 24

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

  • A man undercover, but you tore me apart
  • Now I know what a fool I've been
  • Oh, oh-oh, ooh-oh-oh-oh

Exercise 25

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

gavespecialheartsomeone

Exercise 26

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

gavespecialheartsomeone

Exercise 27

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

gavespecialheartsomeone

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll
  • it's
  • doesn't
  • i've
  • you'd
  • i'm

Exercise 29

"Last Christmas" was released in 1984. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

gavespecialheartsomeone

Exercise 30

If you could ask Wham! one question about "Last Christmas", what would it be and why?

gavespecialheartsomeone