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Set Fire to the Rain

Adele · 2011

Set Fire to the Rain by Adele (2011) — 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

  • Well, it burned while I cried
  • 'Cause I heard it screaming out your name
  • Your name
  • When I lay with you

Echo the hook

  • I set fire to the rain
  • And I threw us into the flames
  • When it fell, something died
  • 'Cause I knew that that was
neverknewcause

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

And as it fell, you rose toit

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But mywere far too weak

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

That Iknew, never knew

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Watched it pour as Iyour face

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You and menothing gets better

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

When it fell,died

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I let it fall, my heart

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

My hands, they're strong

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That I never knew, never knew

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They were never true, never true

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You would always win, always win

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I let it ? my heart

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

To ? in your arms

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You would ? win, always win

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You and me ? nothing gets better

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I ? us into the flames

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 "never" in the whole song?

"never"

Exercise 23

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

"knew"

Exercise 24

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

  • 'Cause I knew that that was
  • I could stay there
  • I let it fall, my heart

Exercise 25

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

  • It was dark and I was over
  • Sometimes I wake up by the door
  • They were never true, never true

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Set Fire to the Rain" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

neverknewcausename

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Set Fire to the Rain" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

neverknewcausename

Exercise 28

Compare "Set Fire to the Rain" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

neverknewcausename

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • they're→
  • there's→
  • you'd→
  • we're→
  • can't→

Exercise 30

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

neverknewcausename