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Sacrifice

Elton John · 1989

Sacrifice by Elton John (1989) — 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

  • No sacrifice, at all

Echo the hook

  • Cold cold heart
  • Hard done by you
  • Some things look better, baby
  • Just passing through
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

It's asign

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

When theof her lingers

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Sweetcomes calling

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Just aword

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

In twoworlds

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Sensitivitya prison

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hard done by you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No tears to damn you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When things go wrong

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And temptation's strong

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Of each married man

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It's a ? sign

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

When the ? of her lingers

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Hard ? by you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

It's two ? living

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Sensitivity ? a prison

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 "sacrifice" in the whole song?

"sacrifice"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 24

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

  • But it's no sacrifice
  • In two separate worlds
  • It's a human sign

Exercise 25

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

  • Hard done by you
  • When jealousy burns
  • When things go wrong

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

"Sacrifice" was released in 1989. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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