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Riptide

Vance Joy · 2013

Riptide by Vance Joy (2013) — 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

  • 'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong
  • There's this movie that I think you'll like
  • This guy decides to quit his job and heads to New York City
  • This cowboy's running from himself

Echo the hook

  • Oh lady, running down to the riptide
  • Taken away to the dark side
  • I wanna be your left-hand man
  • I love you when you're singing that song
you'redarkrunning

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I wasof dentists and the dark

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, all myare turning green

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Ibe your left-hand man

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

There's thisthat I think you'll like

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And she's beenon the highest shelf

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause you're gonna sing thewrong

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was scared of dentists and the dark

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And they come unstuck

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I love you when you're singing that song

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause you're gonna sing the words wrong

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And she's been living on the highest shelf

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I was ? of dentists and the dark

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Lady, ? down to the riptide

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And I got a ? in my throat

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And ? been living on the highest shelf

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I just ? I just gotta know

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 "you're" in the whole song?

"you're"

Exercise 23

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

"dark"

Exercise 24

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

  • And I got a lump in my throat
  • I was scared of dentists and the dark
  • Lady, running down to the riptide

Exercise 25

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

  • I just gotta, I just gotta know
  • I love you when you're singing that song
  • Oh, all my friends are turning green

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • wanna→
  • gonna→
  • there's→
  • you'll→
  • she's→

Exercise 30

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

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