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Riders on the Storm

The Doors · 1971

Riders on the Storm by The Doors (1971) — 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

  • Riders on the storm
  • Riders on the storm
  • Into this house we're born
  • Into this world we're thrown

Echo the hook

  • Girl, you gotta love your man
  • Girl, you gotta love your man
  • Take him by the hand
  • Make him understand
ridersstormwe're

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Into thiswe're born

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Into thiswe're thrown

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Anout alone

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Hisis squirmin' like a toad

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Let yourplay

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Girl, youlove your man

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Into this house we're born

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you give this man a ride

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The world on you depends

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Like a dog without a bone

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There's a killer on the road

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Into this ? we're born

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Like a dog ? a bone

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

His ? is squirmin' like a toad

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Let your ? play

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Killer on the ? yeah

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 "riders" in the whole song?

"riders"

Exercise 23

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

"storm"

Exercise 24

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

  • Gotta love your man, yeah
  • Let your children play
  • Riders on the storm

Exercise 25

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

ridersstormwe'reworld

Exercise 26

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

ridersstormwe'reworld

Exercise 27

If you could ask The Doors one question about "Riders on the Storm", what would it be and why?

ridersstormwe'reworld

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • we're→
  • there's→
  • gotta→

Exercise 29

Compare "Riders on the Storm" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

ridersstormwe'reworld

Exercise 30

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

ridersstormwe'reworld