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Money for Nothing

Dire Straits · 1985

Money for Nothing by Dire Straits (1985) — 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

  • Chicks for free
  • Get your money for nothin'
  • And your chicks for free
  • Oozin' money for nothin'

Echo the hook

  • Custom kitchen deliveries
  • We've got to move these refrigerators
  • We've got to move these colour TVs
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You play theon the MTV

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Maybe get aon your little finger

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

We've got to move theseTVs

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

We gottamicrowave ovens

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I shouldato play them drums

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

That ain't workin',the way you do it

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want my, I want my MTV

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We gotta install microwave ovens

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We've got to move these colour TVs

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I shoulda learned to play the guitar

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Man, we could have some fun

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? my, I want my MTV

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Maybe get a ? on your little finger

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? faggot got his own jet airplane

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I shoulda ? to play them drums

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

That ain't workin', ? the way you do it

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 "want" in the whole song?

"want"

Exercise 23

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

"money"

Exercise 24

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

  • I want my
  • Oozin' money for nothin'
  • We've got to move these colour TVs

Exercise 25

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

  • I want my, I want my MTV
  • Money for nothin' (all that money for nothing)
  • We gotta install microwave ovens

Exercise 26

Compare "Money for Nothing" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Money for Nothing", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Money for Nothing" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • that's→
  • gotta→
  • we've→
  • he's→
  • what's→

Exercise 30

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

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