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Shout

Tears for Fears · 1984

Shout by Tears for Fears (1984) — 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

  • Come on
  • I'm talking to you
  • Come on
  • Shout

Echo the hook

  • They really, really ought to know
  • Those one track minds
  • That took you for a working boy
  • Kiss them goodbye
shoutreallythese

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

These are theI can do without

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Youhave to sell your soul

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Theyreally ought to know

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

That took you for aboy

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And whentaken down your guard

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'd really love toyour heart

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

These are the things I can do without

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You shouldn't have to sell your soul

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That took you for a working boy

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They gave you life

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hope we live to tell the tale

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

These are the ? I can do without

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

In ? and white

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

That ? you for a working boy

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

As ? as ice

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And when ? taken down your guard

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 "shout" in the whole song?

"shout"

Exercise 23

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

"really"

Exercise 24

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

  • And in return you gave them hell
  • I'm talking to you
  • Let it all out

Exercise 25

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

shoutreallythesethings

Exercise 26

Compare "Shout" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

shoutreallythesethings

Exercise 27

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

shoutreallythesethings

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • shouldn't→
  • you've→
  • i'd→

Exercise 29

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

shoutreallythesethings

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Shout" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

shoutreallythesethings