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Space Oddity

David Bowie · 1969

Space Oddity by David Bowie (1969) — 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

  • Ground control to Major Tom
  • Ground control to Major Tom
  • Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
  • Ground control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven)

Echo the hook

  • Can you hear me, Major Tom?
  • Can you hear me, Major Tom?
  • Can you hear me, Major Tom?
  • Can you?
majorgroundcontrol

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Groundto Major Tom

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Take yourpills and put your helmet on

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

This iscontrol to Major Tom

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'min the most peculiar way

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

For here am Iin a tin can

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mvery still

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You've really made the grade

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I'm floating in the most peculiar way

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm feeling very still

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here am I floating 'round my tin can

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Commencing countdown, engines on six, five, four, three

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Ground ? to Major Tom

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Ground control to Major Tom (ten, ? eight, seven)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You've ? made the grade

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

For here am I ? in a tin can

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? very still

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 "major" in the whole song?

"major"

Exercise 23

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

"ground"

Exercise 24

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Space Oddity" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

majorgroundcontrolthere's

Exercise 25

If you could ask David Bowie one question about "Space Oddity", what would it be and why?

majorgroundcontrolthere's

Exercise 26

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

majorgroundcontrolthere's

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you've→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • there's→

Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Space Oddity", what would happen instead?

majorgroundcontrolthere's

Exercise 29

"Space Oddity" was released in 1969. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

majorgroundcontrolthere's

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Space Oddity" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

majorgroundcontrolthere's