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A1.2·rock-and-roll·2:25

Roll Over Beethoven

Chuck Berry · 1956

Roll Over Beethoven by Chuck Berry (1956) — 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

  • Roll over Beethoven
  • I gotta hear it again today
  • You know my temperature's risin'
  • The jukebox's blowin' a fuse

Echo the hook

  • And dig these rhythm and blues
  • Well early in the mornin'
  • And I'm givin' you my mornin'
  • Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Well I'm-aa little letter

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ihear it again today

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And my soulsinging the blues

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Go get yourthen reel and rock it

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'myou my mornin'

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

You know shelike a glow worm

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well I'm-a write a little letter

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want my jockey to play

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You know my temperature's risin'

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I need a shot of rhythm and blues

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They rockin' in two by two

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Well ? write a little letter

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? blowin' a fuse

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? the rollin' athritis

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Reel and ? with one another

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And tell ? the news

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 "roll" in the whole song?

"roll"

Exercise 23

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

"beethoven"

Exercise 24

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

  • Ain't got nothing to lose
  • I caught the rollin' athritis
  • Well I'm-a write a little letter

Exercise 25

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

  • And tell Tchaikovsky the news
  • I'm gonna mail it to my local D.J.
  • Try for further then

Exercise 26

If you could ask Chuck Berry one question about "Roll Over Beethoven", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

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

Exercise 30

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

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