Skyfall
Adele · 2012
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Face it all together
- Let the sky fall
- When it crumbles
- We will stand tall
Echo the hook
- When it crumbles (when it crumbles)
- We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
- Face it all together
- Let the sky fall (let the sky fall)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I've drowned and dreamt this moment
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Swept away, I'm stolen
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Skyfall is where we start
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We will stand tall we will stand tall
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
What you see, I see
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Hold your ? and count to ten
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I've ? and dreamt this moment
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
A ? miles and poles apart
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Let the sky ? (let the sky fall)
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I ? I'd never be me
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "stand" in the whole song?
"stand"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "fall" in the whole song?
"fall"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- A thousand miles and poles apart
- This is the end
- Where you go, I go
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Hold your breath and count to ten
- Keeping me from harm
- We will stand tall (we will stand tall)
Exercise 26
Compare "Skyfall" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 27
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Skyfall", what would happen instead?
Exercise 28
Describe the mood of "Skyfall" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i've→i'm→you'll→i'd→we'll→
Exercise 30
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?