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Since U Been Gone

Kelly Clarkson · 2004

Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson (2004) — 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

  • Since you been gone
  • You're dedicated, you took the time
  • Wasn't long 'til I called you mine
  • Yeah, yeah

Echo the hook

  • I can breathe for the first time
  • I'm so moving on, yeah, yeah
  • Thanks to you
  • Now I get what I want
sincegonethanks

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Here's thewe started out friends

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Wasn't long 'til Iyou mine

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I canfor the first time

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I even fell for thatlove song

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You had youryou blew it

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Shut yourI just can't take it

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here's the thing, we started out friends

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're dedicated, you took the time

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And all you'd ever hear me say

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That's all you'd ever hear me say

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can breathe for the first time

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Here's the ? we started out friends

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And all ? ever hear me say

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I can ? for the first time

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I can breathe for the ? time

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Shut your ? I just can't take it

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 "since" in the whole song?

"since"

Exercise 23

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

"gone"

Exercise 24

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

  • Here's the thing, we started out friends
  • Since you been gone
  • Since you been gone (since you been gone)

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "Since U Been Gone" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 26

Compare "Since U Been Gone" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Since U Been Gone", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • wasn't→
  • you'd→
  • that's→
  • i'm→
  • 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.

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Exercise 30

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

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