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B1.1·rock·6:18

Sympathy for the Devil

The Rolling Stones · 1968

Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones (1968) — 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

  • Ah, yeah
  • I watched with glee while your kings and queens
  • Fought for ten decades for the gods they made
  • I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?"

Echo the hook

  • Pleased to meet you
  • Hope you guess my name
  • But what's puzzlin' you
  • Is the nature of my game
namewhat'smeet

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Pleaseme to introduce myself

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Washed hisand sealed his fate

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Held arank

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Fought for tenfor the gods they made

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Who getbefore they reach Bombay

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Have someand some taste

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a man of wealth and taste

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hope you guess my name

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I rode a tank

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?"

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Please ? me to introduce myself

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Washed his ? and sealed his fate

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? a tank

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Let me ? introduce myself

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I'm in ? of some restraint

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 "name" in the whole song?

"name"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "what's" in the whole song?

"what's"

Exercise 24

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

  • Just as every cop is a criminal
  • Please allow me to introduce myself
  • Pleased to meet you

Exercise 25

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

  • I'm a man of wealth and taste
  • So if you meet me, have some courtesy
  • Who get killed before they reach Bombay

Exercise 26

Compare "Sympathy for the Devil" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • what's→
  • i'll→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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