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A2.2·rock · soft-rock·4:41

Rocket Man

Elton John · 1972

Present continuous narration from an astronaut's point of view. Great for introducing time-expression vocabulary and 'burn out' idioms.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Oh, no, no, no
  • I'm a rocket man
  • Rocket man, burning out his fuse up here alone

Echo the hook

  • A rocket man
  • A rocket man
  • And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
  • 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
burn out· queimar / esgotarlonely· solitáriomiss· sentir falta

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Shemy bags last night, pre-flight

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'mbe high

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

On such aflight

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm aman

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

'Til touchdownme 'round again to find

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And all thisI don't understand

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She packed my bags last night, pre-flight

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a rocket man

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And all this science, I don't understand

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As a kite by then

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

On such a timeless flight

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

She ? my bags last night, pre-flight

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It's ? out in space

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'm a ? man

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Rocket man, burning out his ? up here alone

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And all this ? I don't understand

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 "long" in the whole song?

"long"

Exercise 23

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

"think"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm a rocket man
  • It's just my job five days a week
  • She packed my bags last night, pre-flight

Exercise 25

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

  • A rocket man
  • In fact, it's cold as hell
  • Zero hour-Nine a.m

Exercise 26

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

burn outlonelymisskids

Exercise 27

Compare "Rocket Man" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

burn outlonelymisskids

Exercise 28

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

burn outlonelymisskids

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • it's→
  • there's→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.

  • burn out→
  • lonely→
  • miss→
  • kids→