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Nights in White Satin

The Moody Blues · 1967

Nights in White Satin by The Moody Blues (1967) — 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, how I love you
  • Gazing at people
  • Some hand in hand
  • Just what I'm going through

Echo the hook

  • Nights in white satin
  • Never reaching the end
  • Letters I've written
  • Never meaning to send
neverwhitei've

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Nights insatin

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Beauty I'dmissed

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thoughts theydefend

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Bedpeople look back and lament

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Newpicks up and suckles her son

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Removes thefrom our sight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Letters I've written

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't say anymore

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yes, I love you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just what I'm going through

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Thoughts they cannot defend

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Nights in ? satin

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Just what the ? is

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Thoughts they ? defend

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Bed ? people look back and lament

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Senior ? wish they were young

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 "white" in the whole song?

"white"

Exercise 24

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

  • Just what you want to be
  • Nights in white satin
  • Oh, how I love you

Exercise 25

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

  • Breathe deep the gathering gloom
  • Never meaning to send
  • Never reaching the end

Exercise 26

If you could ask The Moody Blues one question about "Nights in White Satin", what would it be and why?

neverwhitei'vecan't

Exercise 27

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

neverwhitei'vecan't

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Nights in White Satin" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

neverwhitei'vecan't

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • i'd→
  • can't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Nights in White Satin" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

neverwhitei'vecan't