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Mrs. Robinson

Simon & Garfunkel · 1968

Mrs. Robinson by Simon & Garfunkel (1968) — 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

  • Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
  • We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
  • We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
  • Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
  • Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
  • Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
  • It's a little secret, just the Robinson's affair
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

De, de,de-de, de-de, de-de, de, de-de

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Jesusyou more than you will know

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

We'd like to help youto help yourself

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Heaven holds afor those who pray

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Coo-cooMrs. Robinson

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Going to thedebate

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Every way you look at it, you lose

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

De, de, de-de, de-de, de-de, de-de, de, de-de

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

De, de, ? de-de, de-de, de-de, de, de-de

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

God ? you, please, Mrs. Robinson

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Stroll around the ? until you feel at home

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Coo-coo ? Mrs. Robinson

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Laugh about it, ? about 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 "robinson" in the whole song?

"robinson"

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:

  • De, de, de-de, de-de, de-de, de-de, de, de-de
  • God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
  • Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon

Exercise 25

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

  • Coo-coo ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson
  • Do, do, do-do, do-do, do-do, do
  • Laugh about it, shout about it

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Mrs. Robinson" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Mrs. Robinson" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

If you could ask Simon & Garfunkel one question about "Mrs. Robinson", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • you've→
  • what's→

Exercise 30

Compare "Mrs. Robinson" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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