Perfect
Ed Sheeran · 2017
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Baby, I'm dancing in the dark
- With you between my arms
- Barefoot on the grass
- Listening to our favourite song
Echo the hook
- Listening to our favorite song
- When I saw you in that dress, looking so beautiful
- I don't deserve this
- Darling, you look perfect tonight
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I found a love, for me
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I will not give you up this time
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And in your eyes, you're holding mine
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
With you between my arms
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I whispered underneath my breath
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? a love, for me
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I will not ? you up this time
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
With you ? my arms
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
To ? love, to carry children of our own
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I see my ? in your eyes
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "perfect" in the whole song?
"perfect"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "found" in the whole song?
"found"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Barefoot on the grass
- I found a love, for me
- When you said you looked a mess
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- I don't deserve this
- I know we'll be alright this time
- Well, I found a girl, beautiful and sweet
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Perfect" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Perfect" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Perfect", what would happen instead?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
you're→i'm→i'll→we're→we'll→don't→
Exercise 30
Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.
- perfect→
- found→
- hold→
- beautiful→