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No Woman No Cry

Bob Marley · 1974

No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley (1974) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • No woman no cry

Echo the hook

  • Ev'rything's gonna be alright
  • Ev'rything's gonna be alright
  • Ev'rything's gonna be alright
  • Ev'rything's gonna be alright
womanalrighttears

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Nono cry

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oba,the hypocrites

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And thenwould make the fire light

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Everything'sbe alright

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Obba, obba,the hypocrites

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Then we would cookporridge

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Said I remember when we used to sit

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh my Little sister, don't she'd no tears

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Of which I'll share with you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But while I'm gone...

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, my little darlyn no she'd no tears

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

No ? no cry

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Oh my ? sister, don't she'd no tears

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

My ? is my only carriage

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Obba, ? serving the hypocrites

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Of which I'll ? with you

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 "woman" in the whole song?

"woman"

Exercise 23

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

"alright"

Exercise 24

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

  • And then Georgie would make the fire light
  • Ev'rything's gonna be alright
  • No woman no cry

Exercise 25

If you could ask Bob Marley one question about "No Woman No Cry", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "No Woman No Cry" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "No Woman No Cry" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • we've→
  • can't→
  • don't→
  • i'll→
  • i've→
  • i'm→

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "No Woman No Cry" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "No Woman No Cry" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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