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B1.2·rock · folk·6:08

Like a Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan · 1965

Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan (1965) — 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

  • How does it feel?
  • How does it feel?
  • To be without a home?
  • Like a complete unknown?

Echo the hook

  • With no direction home?
  • A complete unknown?
  • Like a rolling stone?
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Once upon a time youso fine

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Aboutto be scrounging

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And nowgonna have to get

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Ah, you neveraround to see the frowns

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Ain't it hard when youthat?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

But you'dtake your diamond ring

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Once upon a time you dressed so fine

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You used to laugh about

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now you don't seem so proud

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you know you only used to get

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You say you never compromise

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Once upon a ? you dressed so fine

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

About ? to be scrounging

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And now ? gonna have to get

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You ? let other people

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Exchanging all ? gifts

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 "does" in the whole song?

"does"

Exercise 23

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

"feel"

Exercise 24

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

  • Like a rolling stone?
  • Once upon a time you dressed so fine
  • With the mystery tramp but now you realise

Exercise 25

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

  • Got it made
  • Threw the bums a dime in your prime
  • Tricks for you

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • you're→
  • don't→
  • you've→
  • gonna→
  • he's→

Exercise 30

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

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