No Surprises
Radiohead · 1997
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- No alarms and no surprises
- No alarms and no surprises
- No alarms and no surprises
- Silent
Echo the hook
- No alarms and no surprises, please
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A job that slowly kills you
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
They don't, they don't speak for us
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A heart that's full up like a landfill
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Bring down the government
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
No alarms and no surprises
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
A ? that's full up like a landfill
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Bruises that ? heal
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I'll take a ? life
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
No ? and no surprises
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
No alarms and no ? please
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "alarms" in the whole song?
"alarms"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "surprises" in the whole song?
"surprises"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- A handshake of carbon monoxide
- A heart that's full up like a landfill
- No alarms and no surprises
Exercise 25
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 26
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 27
"No Surprises" was released in 1997. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
that's→won't→don't→i'll→
Exercise 29
If you had to summarize "No Surprises" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 30
Compare "No Surprises" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?