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Lights

Ellie Goulding · 2010

Lights by Ellie Goulding (2010) — 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

  • You shine it when I'm alone
  • And so I tell myself that I'll be strong
  • And dreaming when they're gone
  • 'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home

Echo the hook

  • Light, lights, lights, lights
  • Light, lights, lights, lights
  • Light, lights, lights, lights
  • Light, lights
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Youit when I'm alone

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And so I tellthat I'll be strong

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Andwhen they're gone

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Calling,calling home

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Noises, I playmy head

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Light,lights, lights

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You shine it when I'm alone

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And dreaming when they're gone

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Noises, I play within my head

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Light, lights, lights, lights

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Home light, lights, lights, lights, lights, lights

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You ? it when I'm alone

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? when they're gone

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Calling, ? calling home

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And so I tell ? that I'll be strong

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Home ? lights, lights, lights, lights, lights)

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 "lights" in the whole song?

"lights"

Exercise 23

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

"calling"

Exercise 24

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

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Exercise 25

"Lights" was released in 2010. 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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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • i'll→
  • they're→

Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Lights" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

If you could ask Ellie Goulding one question about "Lights", what would it be and why?

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