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Something Just Like This

Coldplay · 2017

Something Just Like This by Coldplay (2017) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
  • Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
  • Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
  • Oh, I want something just like this

Echo the hook

  • I've been reading books of old
  • The legends and the myths
  • Achilles and his gold
  • Hercules and his gifts
somethingwantsomebody

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beenbooks of old

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Theand the myths

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

AndI don't see myself upon that list

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

How much yourisk?

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

With somegifts

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I've been readingof old

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been reading books of old

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How much you wanna risk?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just something I can turn to

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want something just like this

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The testaments they told

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? books of old

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? I don't see myself upon that list

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'm not ? for somebody

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? something just like this

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

The ? and its eclipse

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 "something" in the whole song?

"something"

Exercise 23

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

"want"

Exercise 24

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

  • I've been reading books of old
  • Oh, I want something just like this
  • Somebody I can miss

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • She said, where'd you wanna go?
  • The legends and the myths
  • Where'd you wanna go?

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.

somethingwantsomebodygifts

Exercise 27

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

somethingwantsomebodygifts

Exercise 28

"Something Just Like This" was released in 2017. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

somethingwantsomebodygifts

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Something Just Like This" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

somethingwantsomebodygifts