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Sunday Bloody Sunday

U2 · 1983

Sunday Bloody Sunday by U2 (1983) — 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

  • Sunday, Bloody Sunday
  • Sunday, Bloody Sunday
  • Sunday, Bloody Sunday
  • Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Echo the hook

  • How long? How long?
  • 'Cause tonight
  • We can be as one
  • Tonight
sundaybloodylong

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I can'tthe news today

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Bodiesacross the dead-end street

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thedug within our hearts

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Tonight, tonightBloody Sunday)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Wipe thefrom your eyes

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Andthe millions cry (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't believe the news today

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I won't heed the battle call

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll wipe your tears away

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll wipe your bloodshot eyes Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How long? How long?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? believe the news today

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But I ? heed the battle call

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? children, brothers, sisters torn apart

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Tonight, tonight (Sunday, ? Sunday)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And it's ? we are immune

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 "sunday" in the whole song?

"sunday"

Exercise 23

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

"bloody"

Exercise 24

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

  • I can't believe the news today
  • I'll wipe your tears away (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)
  • The trenches dug within our hearts

Exercise 25

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

  • How long? How long?
  • Sunday, Bloody Sunday
  • Tonight, tonight (Sunday, Bloody Sunday)

Exercise 26

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

sundaybloodylongtonight

Exercise 27

Compare "Sunday Bloody Sunday" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

sundaybloodylongtonight

Exercise 28

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

sundaybloodylongtonight

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • won't→
  • let's→
  • there's→
  • i'll→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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