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Message in a Bottle

The Police · 1979

Message in a Bottle by The Police (1979) — 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

  • I'm sending out an S.O.S
  • Sending out an S.O.S
  • Sending out an S.O.S
  • Sending out an S.O.S

Echo the hook

  • I hope that someone gets my
  • I hope that someone gets my
  • I hope that someone gets my
  • Message in a bottle, yeah
sendinghopemessage

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Just aan island lost at sea, oh

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Rescue me before I fall intooh

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Message in ayeah

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Ihave known this right from the start

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,in a bottle, yeah

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Seems I'm notat being alone

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hope that someone gets my

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm sending out an S.O.S

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Message in a bottle, yeah

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Love can mend your life

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Just a ? an island lost at sea, oh

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'll ? an S.O.S to the world

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Message in a ? yeah

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Only hope can ? me together

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Hundred ? bottles washed up on the shore

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 "sending" in the whole song?

"sending"

Exercise 23

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

"hope"

Exercise 24

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

  • More loneliness than any man could bear
  • Oh, message in a bottle, yeah
  • Sending out an S.O.S

Exercise 25

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

  • I hope that someone gets my
  • I'm sending out an S.O.S
  • Rescue me before I fall into despair, oh

Exercise 26

"Message in a Bottle" was released in 1979. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

sendinghopemessagebottle

Exercise 27

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

sendinghopemessagebottle

Exercise 28

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

sendinghopemessagebottle

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll→
  • don't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

If you could ask The Police one question about "Message in a Bottle", what would it be and why?

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