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Ode to My Family

Cranberries · 1994

Ode to My Family by Cranberries (1994) — 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

  • Does anyone care?
  • Unhappiness
  • Where's when I was young
  • And we didn't give a damn

Echo the hook

  • When I was out there
  • My father
  • My father he liked me
  • Oh, he liked me
doesanyonecare

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Understand theI say

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause Ihalf my life out there

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And wegive a damn

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Myhe liked me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Itmy design

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Somethingthan I am

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Understand the things I say

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You wouldn't disagree

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Do you like me?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Do you see me?

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And we didn't give a damn

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Understand the ? I say

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Do you like me ? there?

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

My ? she'd hold me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

It ? my design

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? 'cause I liked it

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 "does" in the whole song?

"does"

Exercise 23

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

"anyone"

Exercise 24

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

  • And we didn't give a damn
  • Understand the things I say
  • When I was out there

Exercise 25

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

  • Don't turn away from me
  • Something better than I am
  • To see life as fun

Exercise 26

"Ode to My Family" was released in 1994. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

doesanyonecared'you

Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Ode to My Family" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

doesanyonecared'you

Exercise 28

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

doesanyonecared'you

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • wouldn't→
  • didn't→
  • i've→
  • wasn't→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Cranberries one question about "Ode to My Family", what would it be and why?

doesanyonecared'you