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B1.1·rock·5:49

Sultans of Swing

Dire Straits · 1978

Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits (1978) — 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 with the singer

  • A band is blowing Dixie, double-four time
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

A band isDixie, double-four time

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Competition inplaces

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Way on downLondon town

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

He can play thelike anything

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

With theof Swing

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Yeah, the Sultans, theycreole

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ah, but the horns, they blowing that sound

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

He can play the honky-tonk like anything

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, the Sultans, they played creole

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We are the Sultans of Swing"

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Competition in other places

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

A ? is blowing Dixie, double-four time

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Competition in ? places

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

He's got a ? job, he's doing alright

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

With the ? of Swing

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, the Sultans, they ? creole

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 "sultans" in the whole song?

"sultans"

Exercise 23

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

"south"

Exercise 24

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

  • A band is blowing Dixie, double-four time
  • He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright
  • It ain't what they call rock and roll

Exercise 25

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

  • Competition in other places
  • With the Sultans
  • Yeah, the Sultans, they played creole

Exercise 26

If you could ask Dire Straits one question about "Sultans of Swing", what would it be and why?

sultanssouthtimehe's

Exercise 27

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

sultanssouthtimehe's

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Sultans of Swing" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

sultanssouthtimehe's

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • don't→
  • he's→
  • doesn't→
  • they're→

Exercise 30

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

sultanssouthtimehe's