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Save Your Tears

The Weeknd · 2020

Save Your Tears by The Weeknd (2020) — 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

  • I don't know why I run away
  • I make you cry when I run away
  • You could've asked me why I broke your heart
  • You could've told me that you fell apart

Echo the hook

  • Save your tears for another day
  • Save your tears for another day
  • (so)
  • I made you think that I would always stay

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I saw youin a crowded room (uh)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But then you saw me,you by surprise

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But youpast me like I wasn't there

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Take me backI wanna stay

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I made youthat I would always stay

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Girl, take me back 'cause Istay

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't know why I run away

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You could've told me that you fell apart

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Take me back 'cause I wanna stay

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I realize that I'm much too late

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll make you cry when I run away

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I saw you ? in a crowded room (uh)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

A ? teardrop falling from your eye

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But you ? past me like I wasn't there

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Save your ? for another

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Girl, take me back 'cause I ? stay

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 "save" in the whole song?

"save"

Exercise 23

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

"tears"

Exercise 24

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

  • A single teardrop falling from your eye
  • Save your tears for another
  • Save your tears for another day (yeah)

Exercise 25

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

savetearsanotherdon't

Exercise 26

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

savetearsanotherdon't

Exercise 27

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

savetearsanotherdon't

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • don't
  • wasn't
  • didn't
  • wanna
  • won't

Exercise 29

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

savetearsanotherdon't

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Save Your Tears" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

savetearsanotherdon't