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B1.2·pop-rock·2:42

Slow It Down

Benson Boone · 2024

Slow It Down by Benson Boone (2024) — 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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  • 'Bout your big dreams on the big screens

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

'Bout your bigon the big screens

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, now you'reyou're in pieces

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

While youris spinning out

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Ain't ithow it changes?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Maybeyou is dangerous

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

We're too young todeep in dirty waters

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:

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 "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).

you'reslownevermoment

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Slow It Down" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

you'reslownevermoment

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.

you'reslownevermoment

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?

you'reslownevermoment