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Linger

The Cranberries · 1993

Linger by The Cranberries (1993) — 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 got me wrapped around your finger
  • Do you have to let it linger?
  • Do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?

Echo the hook

  • And I'm in so deep
  • You know I'm such a fool for you
  • You got me wrapped around your finger
  • Do you have to let it linger?
lingerknowsuch

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

It'sme apart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

II swore I would be true

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

So why were youher hand?

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You got mearound your finger

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I thoughtcould go wrong

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Thingsbe so confused

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you, if you could return

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I swore, I swore I would be true

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So why were you holding her hand?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Were you lying all the time?

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I'm in so deep

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? I'm not being rude

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? I swore I would be true

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Was it just a ? to you?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I thought ? could go wrong

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

But you ? really knew

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 "linger" in the whole song?

"linger"

Exercise 23

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

"know"

Exercise 24

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

  • But you always really knew
  • If you, if you could return
  • Was it just a game to you?

Exercise 25

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

  • Don't let it burn
  • I thought nothing could go wrong
  • You know I'm such a fool for you

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

lingerknowsuchfool

Exercise 28

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

lingerknowsuchfool

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • it's→
  • wouldn't→

Exercise 30

"Linger" was released in 1993. 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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