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B1.1·metal·7:27

One

Metallica · 1988

One by Metallica (1988) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Oh please God, wake me
  • Back in the womb it's much too real
  • In pumps life that I must feel
  • But can't look forward to reveal

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Oh please God, wake me
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I can'tanything

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thissilence stops me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thatis not much left of me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Inlife that I must feel

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Fed through the tube thatin me

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Now theis gone, I'm just one

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't remember anything

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm waking up, I cannot see

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

In pumps life that I must feel

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now the world is gone, I'm just one

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I cannot live

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? remember anything

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Now that the war is ? with me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh ? God, wake me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Fed through the ? that sticks in me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Oh please God, ? 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 "taken" in the whole song?

"taken"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "can't" in the whole song?

"can't"

Exercise 24

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

  • But can't look forward to reveal
  • Darkness imprisoning me
  • I can't remember anything

Exercise 25

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

  • Can't tell if this is true or dream
  • Hold my breath as I wish for death
  • I cannot die

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "One" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

If you could ask Metallica one question about "One", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "One" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • i'm→
  • it's→
  • i'll→

Exercise 30

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

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