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Ocean Eyes

Billie Eilish · 2016

Ocean Eyes by Billie Eilish (2016) — 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

  • I've never fallen from quite this high
  • Falling into your ocean eyes
  • Those ocean eyes
  • I've been walking through a world gone blind

Sing the opening verse

  • I've been watching you for some time
  • Can't stop staring at those ocean eyes
  • Burning cities and napalm skies
  • 15 flares inside those ocean eyes

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beenyou for some time

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Burningand napalm skies

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

When you give meocean eyes

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Falling into youreyes

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Carefulmade friends with time

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm(I'm scared)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been watching you for some time

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you give me those ocean eyes

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been walking through a world gone blind

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm scared I'm scared

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Burning cities and napalm skies

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? you for some time

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

15 ? inside those ocean eyes

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Falling into your ? eyes

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Careful ? made friends with time

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You really ? how to make me cry

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 "ocean" in the whole song?

"ocean"

Exercise 23

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

"eyes"

Exercise 24

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

  • I've been watching you for some time
  • I've never fallen from quite this high
  • Those ocean eyes

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "Ocean Eyes" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

oceaneyesthosei've

Exercise 26

Compare "Ocean Eyes" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

oceaneyesthosei've

Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Ocean Eyes", what would happen instead?

oceaneyesthosei've

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've
  • can't
  • i'm

Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

oceaneyesthosei've

Exercise 30

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

oceaneyesthosei've