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Skyfall

Adele · 2012

Skyfall by Adele (2012) — 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

  • 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

Fill the blank in this line:

Hold yourand count to ten

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Hear myburst again

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

SoI owe them

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Amiles and poles apart

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Butnever have my heart

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I know I'dbe me

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:

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 "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?

standfalltallcrumbles

Exercise 27

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

standfalltallcrumbles

Exercise 28

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

standfalltallcrumbles

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?

standfalltallcrumbles