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Stayin' Alive

Bee Gees · 1977

Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees (1977) — 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

  • Somebody help me, yeah
  • Life goin' nowhere
  • Somebody help me, yeah
  • Stayin' alive

Echo the hook

  • I'm stayin' alive
  • Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me
  • Somebody help me, yeah
  • Life goin' nowhere
stayin'alivesomebody

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm aman, no time to talk

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And now it's allthat's okay

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You'realive, stayin' alive

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And when I can't getI really try

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

The New York Times'on man

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Life goin'somebody help me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a woman's man, no time to talk

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You may look the other way

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, when you walk

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll live to see another day

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm a ? man, no time to talk

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The New ? Times' effect on man

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Got the ? of heaven on my shoes

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Whether you're a ? or whether you're a mother

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I've been kicked around ? I was born

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 "stayin'" in the whole song?

"stayin'"

Exercise 23

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

"alive"

Exercise 24

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

  • Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin' alive
  • Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
  • I'm a woman's man, no time to talk

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

If you could ask Bee Gees one question about "Stayin' Alive", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 27

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

stayin'alivesomebodyhelp

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • it's→
  • that's→
  • you're→
  • can't→

Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Stayin' Alive", what would happen instead?

stayin'alivesomebodyhelp

Exercise 30

"Stayin' Alive" was released in 1977. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

stayin'alivesomebodyhelp