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A1.1·pop · folk-pop·4:23

Perfect

Ed Sheeran · 2017

Repeated adjective 'perfect' in a simple declarative pattern. Vocabulary is everyday and emotional — ideal for A1 students practicing simple statements.

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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

Fill the blank in this line:

Ia love, for me

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Notwhat it was

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And in your eyes,holding mine

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Iunderneath my breath

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Tolove, to carry children of our own

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I see myin your eyes

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:

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 "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?

perfectfoundholdbeautiful

Exercise 27

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

perfectfoundholdbeautiful

Exercise 28

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

perfectfoundholdbeautiful

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