Slow It Down
Benson Boone · 2024
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the singer
- 'Bout your big dreams on the big screens
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:
Oh, now you're crying, you're in pieces
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, I hate that I'm the reason
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I get nervous, oh, I'm anxious
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I could lose you like the others
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And I know you'll probably hate it
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
'Bout your big ? on the big screens
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I can ? it
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
We're too ? to drown deep in dirty waters
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Maybe ? you is dangerous
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
So slow it down, take a ? now
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?
"you're"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "slow" in the whole song?
"slow"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- 'Bout your big dreams on the big screens
- Ain't it funny how it changes?
- But I'm in my head right now
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Maybe loving you is dangerous
- Oh, now you're crying, you're in pieces
- So slow it down, take a moment now
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Slow It Down" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Slow It Down" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'd→we're→you're→it's→you've→i'm→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "Slow It Down" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?