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Nothing Compares 2 U

Sinéad O'Connor · 1990

Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinéad O'Connor (1990) — 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

  • Nothing compares to you
  • It's been so lonely without you here
  • Like a bird without a song
  • Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling

Echo the hook

  • Nothing compares
  • Nothing compares to you
  • Nothing compares
  • Nothing compares to you
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

It's beenhours and 15 days

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I can seeI choose

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I saidcan take away these blues

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

It's been sowithout you here

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Nothing can stoplonely tears from falling

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

All thethat you planted mama

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Since you took your love away

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I said nothing can take away these blues

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's been so lonely without you here

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But they'd only remind me of you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But he's a fool

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It's been ? hours and 15 days

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I can see ? I choose

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Nothing ? to you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Nothing can ? these lonely tears from falling

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Guess what he ? me

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 "nothing" in the whole song?

"nothing"

Exercise 23

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

"compares"

Exercise 24

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

  • 'Cause nothing compares, nothing compares to you
  • It's been seven hours and 15 days
  • It's been so lonely without you here

Exercise 25

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

  • All the flowers that you planted mama
  • Since you took your love away
  • Tell me baby, where did I go wrong?

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Nothing Compares 2 U" 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 "Nothing Compares 2 U" 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 Sinéad O'Connor one question about "Nothing Compares 2 U", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • he's→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

Compare "Nothing Compares 2 U" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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