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A2.1·rock·4:13

Rhiannon

Fleetwood Mac · 1975

Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac (1975) — 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

  • Will you ever win?
  • She is like a cat in the dark
  • And then she is to darkness
  • She rules her life like a fine skylark

Echo the hook

  • Taken by taken by the sky
  • (Ah-ah)
  • Taken by taken by the sky
  • (Ah-ah)

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Rhiannonlike a bell through the night

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andyou love to love her?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Womanby the wind

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Would you stay if sheyou heaven?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

All your life you'veseen

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

She rings like a bellthe night

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And wouldn't you love to love her?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Would you stay if she promised you heaven?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She is like a cat in the dark

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She rules her life like a fine skylark

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Rhiannon ? like a bell through the night

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Takes to the sky like a ? in flight

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Would you ? if she promised you heaven?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

She ? her life like a fine skylark

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

She rings like a ? through the night

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 "taken" in the whole song?

"taken"

Exercise 23

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

"rhiannon"

Exercise 24

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

  • And who will be her lover?
  • Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
  • She rules her life like a fine skylark

Exercise 25

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

  • And wouldn't you love to love her?
  • Will you ever win?
  • Would you stay if she promised you heaven?

Exercise 26

If you could ask Fleetwood Mac one question about "Rhiannon", what would it be and why?

takenrhiannonlifeever

Exercise 27

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

takenrhiannonlifeever

Exercise 28

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

takenrhiannonlifeever

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • wouldn't
  • you've

Exercise 30

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

takenrhiannonlifeever