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Roxanne

The Police · 1978

Roxanne by The Police (1978) — 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

  • Roxanne (Put on the red light)
  • Roxanne (Put on the red light)
  • Roxanne (Put on the red light)
  • Roxanne (Put on the red light)

Sing the opening verse

  • Those days are over
  • You don't have to sell your body to the night
  • Roxanne
  • You don't have to wear that dress tonight
roxannelightdon't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You don't have to wear thattonight

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Walk thefor money

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Iyou since I knew you

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Italk down to you

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I won'tyou with another boy

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You don't have to wear that dress tonight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wouldn't talk down to you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know my mind is made up

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Those days are over

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Roxanne Put on the red light

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

You ? have to put on the red light

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Those ? are over

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Walk the ? for money

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? talk down to you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? share you with another boy

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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

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

"roxanne"

Exercise 22

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

"light"

Exercise 23

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

  • I wouldn't talk down to you
  • Roxanne (Put on the red light)
  • Those days are over

Exercise 24

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

roxannelightdon'tit's

Exercise 25

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

roxannelightdon'tit's

Exercise 26

If you could ask The Police one question about "Roxanne", what would it be and why?

roxannelightdon'tit's

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • it's→
  • wouldn't→
  • won't→

Exercise 28

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

roxannelightdon'tit's

Exercise 29

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

roxannelightdon'tit's

Exercise 30

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

roxannelightdon'tit's