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A1.2·rock·2:10

People Are Strange

The Doors · 1967

People Are Strange by The Doors (1967) — 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

  • When you're strange
  • Faces come out of the rain
  • When you're strange
  • No one remembers your name

Sing it again — final chorus

  • When you're strange
  • When you're strange
  • When you're strange
  • All right, yeah
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Whena stranger

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

No oneyour name

Exercise 3

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're a stranger

Exercise 4

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're unwanted

Exercise 5

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're strange

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Faces look ugly

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Streets are uneven

Exercise 8

Choose the missing word:

When ? a stranger

Exercise 9

Choose the missing word:

No one ? your name

Exercise 10

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 11

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 12

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 13

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

"you're"

Exercise 14

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

"strange"

Exercise 15

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

  • Faces come out of the rain
  • People are strange
  • When you're strange

Exercise 16

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 17

"People Are Strange" was released in 1967. 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 18

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

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Exercise 19

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

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Exercise 20

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

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Exercise 21

If you could ask The Doors one question about "People Are Strange", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 22

Describe the mood of "People Are Strange" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 23

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

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Exercise 24

Who in your life would you dedicate "People Are Strange" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 25

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 26

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

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Exercise 27

Compare "People Are Strange" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 28

Teach a friend one new English word from this song. Which word would it be, how would you define it, and what example sentence would you give?

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Exercise 29

Which instrument or vocal moment in "People Are Strange" stands out most to you, and what emotion does it bring?

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Exercise 30

If "People Are Strange" were the opening theme of a TV series, what kind of show would that be? Describe the genre, main character, and pilot episode in 2–3 sentences.

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