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Revolving Door

Tate McRae · 2025

Revolving Door by Tate McRae (2025) — 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

  • I need a minute
  • I need a minute
  • I need a, I need, fuck it
  • I need a minute

Echo the hook

  • Off like a bad habit
  • Tried to call you
  • Off like a bad habit
  • But I keep coming back like a revolving door

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

My coldis finally melting

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithink it might be helping, ah, ah

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Say I'm good, but Ibe in denial

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Baby, Ito call you

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

So I keep coming back like adoor

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Lifeworse, but good with you in it

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I confess, I'm not that versatile

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Tried to call you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then I gotta move towns

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm more hurt than I would admit

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I need a, I need, fuck it

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

My ? heart is finally melting

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? I'm not that versatile

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But I ? coming back like a revolving door

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Then I ? move towns

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Life ? worse, but good with you in it

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 "need" in the whole song?

"need"

Exercise 23

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

"minute"

Exercise 24

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

  • I work so much, can't be reminded
  • My cold heart is finally melting
  • That I try, then you come, come around

Exercise 25

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

  • I confess, I'm not that versatile
  • I'm more hurt than I would admit
  • Tried to call you

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • couldn't
  • gotta
  • can't
  • it's

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.

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