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Private Eyes

Hall & Oates · 1981

Private Eyes by Hall & Oates (1981) — 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

  • Private eyes they're watching you
  • They see your every move
  • Private eyes they're watching you
  • Private eyes they're watching you

Echo the hook

  • Private eyes, woo-hoo, watching you
  • Yeah, they see your every move, they see you
  • Private eyes, eyes they're watching you
  • Your private eyes they're watching you
watchingprivateeyes

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Thewill show to my heart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

When it'sfor lies you can't escape my

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

They see yourmove

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You canit around, baby, that ain't enough

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Whenhurting inside 'cause you can't escape my

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Youreyes they're watching you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I see you and you see me

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They see your every move

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You play with words you play with love

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll still know you look into my

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Private eyes they're watching you, yeah

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? will show to my heart

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

They see your ? move

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You can ? it around, baby, that ain't enough

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'm a spy but on your ? you see

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Your ? eyes they're watching you

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 "watching" in the whole song?

"watching"

Exercise 23

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

"private"

Exercise 24

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

  • I see you and you see me
  • Private eyes they're watching you
  • Private eyes, oh, they're watching you

Exercise 25

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

watchingprivateeyesthey're

Exercise 26

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

watchingprivateeyesthey're

Exercise 27

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

watchingprivateeyesthey're

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • you've→
  • it's→
  • can't→
  • they're→
  • i'm→

Exercise 29

Who in your life would you dedicate "Private Eyes" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

watchingprivateeyesthey're

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

watchingprivateeyesthey're