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Ophelia

The Lumineers · 2016

Ophelia by The Lumineers (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 with the singer

  • I, I shouldve known better
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I, Iknown better

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And you don't feelback

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I, I got a newhere

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I, I got apaycheck

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You got bigand you gotta move (woo!)

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ah, ah, when I was younger

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I can't feel no remorse

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I, I got a new girlfriend here

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I don't feel no remorse

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I, I got a little paycheck

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

I, I ? known better

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

And I ? feel no remorse

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I, I got a new ? here

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And you can't see ? my blindness

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You got big ? and you gotta move (woo!)

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 "ophelia" in the whole song?

"ophelia"

Exercise 22

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

"feel"

Exercise 23

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

  • Ah, ah, when I was younger
  • I, I got a little paycheck
  • I, I got a new girlfriend here

Exercise 24

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

  • And I don't feel no remorse
  • And I don't feel nothing at all
  • I, I should've known better

Exercise 25

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

opheliafeelyou'vemind

Exercise 26

If you could ask The Lumineers one question about "Ophelia", what would it be and why?

opheliafeelyou'vemind

Exercise 27

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

opheliafeelyou'vemind

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • don't→
  • he's→
  • you've→
  • gotta→
  • that's→

Exercise 29

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

opheliafeelyou'vemind

Exercise 30

"Ophelia" was released in 2016. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

opheliafeelyou'vemind