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A2.1·metal·6:28

Nothing Else Matters

Metallica · 1991

Nothing Else Matters by Metallica (1991) — 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

  • And nothing else matters
  • Never opened myself this way
  • Life is ours, we live it our way
  • All these words, I don't just say

Echo the hook

  • Never cared for what they do
  • Never cared for what they know
  • But I know

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Sono matter how far

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andelse matters

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Allwords, I don't just say

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Open mind for aview

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

So close, nohow far

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Iopened myself this way

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Forever trusting who we are

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All these words, I don't just say

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Never cared for what they do

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I know

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Never cared for what they say

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

So ? no matter how far

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Life is ? we live it our way

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Every day for us ? new

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

It ? be much more from the heart

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Trust I seek and I ? in 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 "never" in the whole song?

"never"

Exercise 23

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

"cared"

Exercise 24

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

  • Never cared for what they know
  • So close, no matter how far
  • Trust I seek and I find in you

Exercise 25

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

  • And nothing else matters
  • Couldn't be much more from the heart
  • Every day for us something new

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Nothing Else Matters" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

nevercarednothingelse

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Nothing Else Matters" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

nevercarednothingelse

Exercise 28

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

nevercarednothingelse

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • couldn't
  • don't

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Nothing Else Matters" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

nevercarednothingelse