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A2.1·rock·3:23

Old Man

Neil Young · 1972

Old Man by Neil Young (1972) — 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

  • Old man, look at my life
  • I'm a lot like you were
  • Old man, look at my life
  • I'm a lot like you were

Echo the hook

  • Rolling home to you
  • Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you
  • I need someone to love me the whole day through
  • Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true
lifeeyesalone

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

24 andso much more

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Livein a paradise

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thatme think of two

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Give methat don't get lost

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beenand last

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a lot like you were

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To mean that much to you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I'm all alone at last

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

24 and there's so much more

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That makes me think of two

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

24 and ? so much more

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

That ? me think of two

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Give me ? that don't get lost

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Rolling ? to you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Doesn't ? that much to me

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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

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

"life"

Exercise 22

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

"eyes"

Exercise 23

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

  • I've been first and last
  • Love lost, such a cost
  • Old man, look at my life

Exercise 24

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

  • But I'm all alone at last
  • I'm a lot like you were
  • Lullabies, look in your eyes

Exercise 25

"Old Man" was released in 1972. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Old Man" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • there's→
  • don't→
  • won't→
  • that's→
  • doesn't→

Exercise 29

If you could ask Neil Young one question about "Old Man", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Old Man" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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