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B1.1·rock·5:25

Lightning Crashes

Live · 1994

Lightning Crashes by Live (1994) — 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 can feel it
  • Lightning crashes
  • A new mother cries
  • This moment she's been waiting for

Echo the hook

  • Lightning crashes
  • A new mother cries
  • Her placenta falls to the floor
  • The angel opens her eyes

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

A newcries

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thesets in

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, now feel itback again

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Thisshe's been waiting for

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, now feel itback again

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Like a rollingchasing the wind

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can feel it

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can feel it coming back again

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Her placenta falls to the floor

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The confusion sets in

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

An old mother dies

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

A new ? cries

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Before the ? can even close the door

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Like a ? thunder chasing the wind

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Pale ? colored iris, presents the circle

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I can feel it ? back again

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 "feel" in the whole song?

"feel"

Exercise 23

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

"thunder"

Exercise 24

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

  • A new mother cries
  • I can feel it coming back again
  • Like a rolling thunder chasing the wind

Exercise 25

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

  • Her placenta falls to the floor
  • I can feel it
  • Pale blue colored iris, presents the circle

Exercise 26

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

feelthunderchasingwind

Exercise 27

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

feelthunderchasingwind

Exercise 28

Compare "Lightning Crashes" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

feelthunderchasingwind

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Lightning Crashes" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

feelthunderchasingwind

Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Lightning Crashes" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

feelthunderchasingwind