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A2.1·rock · southern-rock·4:44

Sweet Home Alabama

Lynyrd Skynyrd · 1974

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974) — 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

  • Sweet home Alabama
  • Where the skies are so blue
  • Sweet home Alabama
  • Lord, I'm coming home to you

Echo the hook

  • (Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
  • (Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
  • (Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
  • (Ah-ah-ah, Alabama)
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Bigkeep on turning

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I missonce again

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, I hope Neilwill remember

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Where theare so blue

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Nowdoes not bother me

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

NowShoals has got the Swampers

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I miss Alabamy once again

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, I heard Mr. Young sing about her

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, I hope Neil Young will remember

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now we all did what we could do

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here I come, Alabama

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Big ? keep on turning

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? Alabamy once again

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Well, I ? Neil Young will remember

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

In ? they love the governor (boo! Boo! Boo!)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

They ? me up when I'm feeling blue

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 "home" in the whole song?

"home"

Exercise 23

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

"alabama"

Exercise 24

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

  • Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
  • One, two, three
  • Where the skies are so blue

Exercise 25

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

  • Now how 'bout you?
  • Tell the truth
  • Turn it up

Exercise 26

"Sweet Home Alabama" was released in 1974. 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 27

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

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Exercise 28

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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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • they've→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Lynyrd Skynyrd one question about "Sweet Home Alabama", what would it be and why?

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