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Smoke on the Water

Deep Purple · 1973

Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple (1973) — 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

  • Smoke on the water
  • A fire in the sky
  • Smoke on the water

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Smoke on the water
  • We ended up at the Grand Hotel
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

On the Lakeshoreline

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Frankand the Mothers

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Theydown the gambling house

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

We had to findplace

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Weup at the Grand Hotel

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Making ourthere

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We all came out to Montreux

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They burned down the gambling house

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It seemed that we would lose the race

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We make a place to sweat

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ha, I know, I know we'll never forget

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

On the ? Geneva shoreline

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Were at the ? place around

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

They ? down the gambling house

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But ? time was running out

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

But with the ? truck Stones thing just outside

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 "smoke" in the whole song?

"smoke"

Exercise 23

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

"water"

Exercise 24

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

  • A fire in the sky
  • Smoke on the water
  • We all came out to Montreux

Exercise 25

Imagine you are making a short film with "Smoke on the Water" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 26

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 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • we'll→

Exercise 29

Rewrite the chorus of "Smoke on the Water" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Smoke on the Water" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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