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B1.1·pop · rock·5:41

Sign of the Times

Harry Styles · 2017

Sign of the Times by Harry Styles (2017) — 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

  • We gotta get away from here
  • We gotta get away from here
  • Just stop your crying it'll be alright

Echo the hook

  • We got to get away
  • We got to get away
  • We got to get away
  • We got to get away

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Welcome to theshow

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You lookgood down here

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

If welearn, we've been here before

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Weget away from here

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Breakingthe atmosphere

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Rememberwill be alright

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hope you're wearing your best clothes

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you ain't really good

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We never learn, we've been here before

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They told me that the end is near

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We don't talk enough

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Welcome to the ? show

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But you ? really good

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Just ? your crying it'll be alright

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And ? are pretty good from here

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Stop your ? baby, it'll be alright

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 "stop" in the whole song?

"stop"

Exercise 23

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

"crying"

Exercise 24

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

  • Remember everything will be alright
  • We should open up
  • Welcome to the final show

Exercise 25

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

  • Before it's all too much
  • Hope you're wearing your best clothes
  • We gotta get away from here

Exercise 26

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

stopcryinglearnwe've

Exercise 27

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

stopcryinglearnwe've

Exercise 28

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

stopcryinglearnwe've

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's
  • you're
  • can't
  • we've
  • gotta
  • don't

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Sign of the Times" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

stopcryinglearnwe've