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Shake It Out

Florence + the Machine · 2011

Shake It Out by Florence + the Machine (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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Shake it out, shake it out
  • Shake it out, shake it out, ooh whoa oh
  • Shake it out, shake it out
  • Shake it out, shake it out, oh whoa oh

Echo the hook

  • Oh whoa oh
  • Oh whoa oh
  • And I'm damned if I do, and I'm damned if I don't
  • So here's to drinks in the dark, at the end of my road
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Regretslike old friends

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And all of thecome out to play

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But I like to keep someto myself

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I canleave the past behind

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

All of hissuch a mournful sound

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

But it's alwaysbefore the dawn

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I like to keep my issues drawn

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm always dragging that horse around

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I am done with my graceless heart

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here to relive your darkest moments

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's always darkest before the dawn

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Regrets ? like old friends

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? demon wants his pound of flesh

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

It's ? darkest before the dawn

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Tonight, I'm ? bury that horse in the ground

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Shake it out, shake it out, ooh ? oh

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 "shake" in the whole song?

"shake"

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 always darkest before the dawn
  • Ooh whoa oh (shake him off)
  • Regrets collect like old friends

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
  • Here to relive your darkest moments
  • To me, yeah

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Shake It Out" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "Shake It Out" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • i've→
  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

"Shake It Out" was released in 2011. 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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