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Pumped Up Kicks

Foster the People · 2010

Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People (2010) — 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

  • Run, run, run, run, run, run
  • Run, run, run, run
  • Run, run, run, run, run, run
  • Run, run, run, run

Sing the opening verse

  • Robert's got a quick hand
  • He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan
  • He's got a rolled cigarette
  • Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Robert's got ahand

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Hanging out hishe's a cowboy kid

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

All thekids with the pumped up kicks

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

All the other kids with theup kicks

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You'd better run, better run,my gun

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And he'sme a surprise

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He's got a rolled cigarette

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, he found a six-shooter gun

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You'd better run, better run, outrun my gun

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've waited for a long time

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Robert's got a quick hand

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Robert's got a ? hand

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, he ? a six-shooter gun

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You'd ? run, better run, outrun my gun

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

All the other kids with the ? up kicks

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And he's ? me a surprise

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 "better" in the whole song?

"better"

Exercise 23

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

"other"

Exercise 24

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

  • He's got a rolled cigarette
  • I reason with my cigarette
  • Run, run, run, run, run, run

Exercise 25

If you could ask Foster the People one question about "Pumped Up Kicks", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • won't→
  • he's→
  • don't→
  • you'd→
  • it's→
  • i've→

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Pumped Up Kicks" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Pumped Up Kicks" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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