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A2.1·rock·7:53

Somebody to Love

Queen · 1976

Somebody to Love by Queen (1976) — 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

  • Find me somebody to love
  • Find me somebody to love
  • Find me somebody to love
  • Find me somebody to love

Echo the hook

  • Somebody to love?
  • Ooh-ooh, ooh
  • Each morning I get up I die a little
  • Can barely stand on my feet

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

EachI get up I die a little

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I haveall my years in believing you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I work hard (hehard)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

(He works hard)day (every day)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

(He's got) I gotto believe

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I ain'tface no defeat (yeah, yeah)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Lord, what you're doing to me

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I work hard he works hard

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I get down down on my knees knees

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He works hard every day every day

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They say I'm goin' crazy

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Each ? I get up I die a little

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Can ? find me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Til the ? run down from my eyes, Lord

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

No, I got no ? sense

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? gonna face no defeat (yeah, yeah)

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 "somebody" in the whole song?

"somebody"

Exercise 23

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

"find"

Exercise 24

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

  • (He works hard) every day (every day)
  • Anybody find me
  • Find me somebody to love

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "Somebody to Love" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

somebodyfindanybodylord

Exercise 26

Compare "Somebody to Love" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

somebodyfindanybodylord

Exercise 27

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

somebodyfindanybodylord

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're
  • can't
  • i'm
  • he's
  • gonna
  • gotta

Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

somebodyfindanybodylord

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Somebody to Love" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

somebodyfindanybodylord