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Never Gonna Give You Up

Rick Astley · 1987

Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley (1987) — 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

  • Never gonna give you up
  • Never gonna let you down
  • Never gonna run around and desert you
  • Never gonna make you cry

Echo the hook

  • Ooh-ooh, give you up
  • Ooh-ooh, give you up
  • Never gonna give, never gonna give
  • Never gonna give, never gonna give
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

We're noto love

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

A fullwhat I'm thinkin' of

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I justtell you how I'm feelin'

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Never gonna run around andyou

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Inside we both knowbeen goin' on

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Never gonna give,gonna give

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're no strangers to love

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A full commitment's what I'm thinkin' of

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I just wanna tell you how I'm feelin'

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Never gonna give you up

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Never gonna run around and desert you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

We're no ? to love

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You ? get this from any other guy

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Never gonna ? a lie and hurt you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

We know the ? and we're gonna play it

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Never gonna give, ? gonna give

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 "never" in the whole song?

"never"

Exercise 23

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

"give"

Exercise 24

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

  • Never gonna give you up
  • Never gonna run around and desert you
  • We're no strangers to love

Exercise 25

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

  • Never gonna make you cry
  • Never gonna say goodbye
  • You know the rules and so do I

Exercise 26

Compare "Never Gonna Give You Up" 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 "Never Gonna Give You Up", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Never Gonna Give You Up" 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:

  • we're→
  • i'm→
  • wouldn't→
  • wanna→
  • gotta→
  • gonna→

Exercise 30

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

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