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Royals

Lorde · 2013

Royals by Lorde (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

  • We don't care
  • We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams
  • But everybody's like
  • Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece

Echo the hook

  • You can call me queen bee
  • And baby, I'll rule (I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule)
  • Let me live that fantasy
i'llruledon't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'veseen a diamond in the flesh

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

GoldGrey Goose, trippin' in the bathroom

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Jetislands, tigers on a gold leash

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You can call mebee

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Gold teeth, Greytrippin' in the bathroom

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Jet planes,tigers on a gold leash

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've never seen a diamond in the flesh

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We don't care

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We aren't caught up in your love affair

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We crave a different kind of buzz

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

My friends and I, we've cracked the code

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I've ? seen a diamond in the flesh

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

We're ? Cadillacs in our dreams

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

We ? a different kind of buzz

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But every ? like

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And we'll never be ? (royals)

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 "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

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

"rule"

Exercise 24

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

  • I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
  • Let me be your ruler (ruler)
  • That kind of luxe just ain't for us

Exercise 25

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

  • And I'm not proud of my address
  • Oh (oh, oh)
  • We're driving Cadillacs in our dreams

Exercise 26

"Royals" was released in 2013. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

i'llruledon'troyals

Exercise 27

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

i'llruledon'troyals

Exercise 28

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

i'llruledon'troyals

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • we're→
  • aren't→
  • we'll→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Lorde one question about "Royals", what would it be and why?

i'llruledon'troyals