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Summer

Calvin Harris · 2014

Summer by Calvin Harris (2014) — 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

  • When I met you in the summer
  • To my heartbeat's sound
  • We fell in love
  • As the leaves turned brown

Sing it again — final chorus

  • When I met you in the summer

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

To mysound

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

As theturned brown

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And we could bebaby

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You act sonow

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

When I met you in the(summer)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

To my heartbeat's(yeah)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I met you in the summer

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And we could be together, baby

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you lied so soon

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We fell in love love

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To my heartbeat's sound

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

We ? in love

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And we could be ? baby

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You act so ? now

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

When I met you in the ? (summer)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

As long as ? are blue (yeah)

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 "summer" in the whole song?

"summer"

Exercise 23

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

"yeah"

Exercise 24

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

  • As the leaves turned brown (yeah)
  • When I met you in the summer
  • You act so innocent now

Exercise 25

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

summerheartbeat'ssoundfell

Exercise 26

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

summerheartbeat'ssoundfell

Exercise 27

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

summerheartbeat'ssoundfell

Exercise 28

"Summer" was released in 2014. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

summerheartbeat'ssoundfell

Exercise 29

If you could ask Calvin Harris one question about "Summer", what would it be and why?

summerheartbeat'ssoundfell

Exercise 30

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

summerheartbeat'ssoundfell