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Stitches

Shawn Mendes · 2015

Stitches by Shawn Mendes (2015) — 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

  • And now that I'm without your kisses
  • I'll be needing stitches
  • Tripping over myself, aching
  • Begging you to come help

Sing it again — final chorus

  • And now that I'm without your kisses
  • I'll be needing stitches
  • Needle and the thread, gotta get you out of my head
  • Needle and the thread, gonna wind up dead
i'llneedingstitches

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithat I've been hurt before

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Got athat I'm going under

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And now that I'myour kisses

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Yourheart, cold to the touch

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Got a feeling that I'munder

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

You watch me bleedI can't breathe, shaking

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I thought that I've been hurt before

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If I quit calling you my lover

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll be needing stitches

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, I'll be needing stitches

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm left seeing red on my own

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? that I've been hurt before

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But I ? that I'll make it out alive

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'll be ? stitches

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now I'm ? reap what I sow

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Needle and the ? gonna wind up dead

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 "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

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

"needing"

Exercise 24

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

  • I thought that I've been hurt before
  • Needle and the thread, gonna wind up dead
  • Your bitter heart, cold to the touch

Exercise 25

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

i'llneedingstitcheswithout

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • i'm→
  • i'll→
  • can't→
  • couldn't→
  • gonna→

Exercise 29

"Stitches" was released in 2015. 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 30

If you could ask Shawn Mendes one question about "Stitches", what would it be and why?

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