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Locked Out of Heaven

Bruno Mars · 2012

Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars (2012) — 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

  • Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (ooh)
  • Oh, yeah, yeah
  • Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (ooh)
  • Never had much faith in love or miracles (ooh)

Echo the hook

  • I've been locked out of heaven
  • For too long, for too long
  • Yeah, you make me feel like
  • I've been locked out of heaven

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Never had muchin love or miracles (ooh)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Neverput my heart on the line (ooh)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Butin your water's something spiritual (ooh)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beenout of heaven

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

For too long, for too long,oh-oh-oh

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

You can make achange his ways (ooh)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause you make me feel like

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, you make me feel like

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

One, two, one, two, three

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ooh

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause your sex takes me to paradise

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Oh, ? yeah, yeah, yeah (ooh)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But ? in your water's something spiritual (ooh)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? out of heaven

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You can make a ? change his ways (ooh)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Can I just ? here?

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 "long" in the whole song?

"long"

Exercise 23

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

"cause"

Exercise 24

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

  • For too long, for too long, oh
  • I've been locked out of heaven
  • One, two, one, two, three

Exercise 25

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

  • Can I just stay here?
  • Oh, yeah, yeah
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Locked Out of Heaven" 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.

longcausefeeli've

Exercise 28

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

longcausefeeli've

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • wanna
  • i'm
  • i've
  • can't

Exercise 30

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

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