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A2.1·blues·2:50

Spoonful

Howlin' Wolf · 1960

Spoonful by Howlin' Wolf (1960) — 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

  • Men lied about them
  • Some of them cried about them
  • Some of them died about them
  • Everything a-fightin' about the spoonful

Echo the hook

  • That spoon, that spoon, that-
  • Fightin' 'bout a spoonful
  • Fightin' 'bout a spoonful
  • It could fill spoons full of water
spoonspoonfulfill

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

It could fillfull of diamond

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Just aspoon of your precious love

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Everythingabout the spoonful

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But a little spoon of yourlove

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Butfightin' about the spoonful

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Save you fromman

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Save you from the desert sand

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It could fill spoons full of diamond

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just a little spoon of your precious love

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Men lied about them

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Some of them died about them

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It could ? spoons full of diamond

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Men ? about them

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Everything ? about the spoonful

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But a little spoon of your ? love

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Fightin' ? a spoonful

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 "spoon" in the whole song?

"spoon"

Exercise 23

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

"spoonful"

Exercise 24

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

  • Fightin' 'bout a spoonful
  • It could fill spoon full of coffee
  • It could fill spoons full of diamond

Exercise 25

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

  • Could fill spoons full of gold
  • Save you from the desert sand
  • Some of them died about them

Exercise 26

"Spoonful" was released in 1960. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

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

spoonspoonfulfillfull

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.

spoonspoonfulfillfull

Exercise 29

If you could ask Howlin' Wolf one question about "Spoonful", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 30

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

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