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Radioactive

Imagine Dragons · 2012

Radioactive by Imagine Dragons (2012) — 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

  • Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh
  • Whoa-oh-oh-oh
  • I'm radioactive, radioactive
  • Whoa-oh-oh-oh, oh

Sing the opening verse

  • I'm waking up to ash and dust
  • I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
  • I'm breathing in the chemicals
  • I'm breaking in, shaping up
radioactivewelcomewaking

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mup to ash and dust

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'min the chemicals

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thenout on the prison bus

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Imy flag, dye my clothes

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

We'rered to fit right in

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Then checking out on thebus

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm waking up to ash and dust

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm breaking in, shaping up

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I raise my flag, dye my clothes

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're painted red to fit right in

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This is it, the apocalypse

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? up to ash and dust

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? in the chemicals

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'm waking up, I ? it in my bones

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

It's a ? I suppose

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Then checking out on the ? bus

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 "radioactive" in the whole song?

"radioactive"

Exercise 23

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

"welcome"

Exercise 24

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

  • Enough to make my system blow
  • I'm radioactive, radioactive
  • I'm waking up to ash and dust

Exercise 25

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

radioactivewelcomewakingbones

Exercise 26

"Radioactive" was released in 2012. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

radioactivewelcomewakingbones

Exercise 27

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

radioactivewelcomewakingbones

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • it's→
  • we're→
  • hasn't→

Exercise 29

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

radioactivewelcomewakingbones

Exercise 30

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

radioactivewelcomewakingbones