Listen
Beyoncé · 2006
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Oh, now I'm done believing you
- You don't know what I'm feeling
- I'm more than what you made of me
- I followed the voice you gave to me
Sing it again — final chorus
- Oh, now I'm done believing you
- You don't know what I'm feeling
- I'm more than what you've made of me
- I followed the voice you think you gave to me
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A melody I start but can't complete
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
All cause you won't
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm not at home, in my own home
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You should have known
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You don't know what I'm feeling
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Listen to the ? here in my heart
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
They will not be ? aside and turned
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
To say ? on my mind
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
But now I ? find my own
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
You don't ? what I'm feeling
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "listen" in the whole song?
"listen"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?
"don't"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Listen to the song here in my heart
- Oh, now I'm done believing you
- You don't know what I'm feeling
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- A melody I start but can't complete
- But now I gotta find my own
- They will not be pushed aside or worked
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Listen" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Listen" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
If you could ask Beyoncé one question about "Listen", what would it be and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→it's→won't→i'm→i've→what's→
Exercise 30
Compare "Listen" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?