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Take Me Out

Franz Ferdinand · 2004

Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand (2004) — 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

  • "Take me out"
  • I say, "You don't show"
  • Don't move, time is slow
  • I say

Echo the hook

  • I know I won't be leaving here
  • With you
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

So iflonely

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You know I'm herefor you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And if youhere

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You leave meshattered I lie

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I know I won't behere

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So if you're lonely

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm just a cross-hair

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And if you leave here

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm just a shot, then we can die

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I say, "Don't you know?"

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

So if ? lonely

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm just a ? away from you

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You leave me ? shattered I lie

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Don't ? time is slow

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I know, I won't be ? here (with you)

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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

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

"know"

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "won't" in the whole song?

"won't"

Exercise 23

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

  • I say, "Don't you know?"
  • I say, "You don't show"
  • So if you're lonely

Exercise 24

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

  • If I move, this could die
  • If I wane, this could die
  • You know I'm here waiting for you

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • i'm→
  • won't→
  • don't→

Exercise 29

"Take Me Out" was released in 2004. 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 30

If you could ask Franz Ferdinand one question about "Take Me Out", what would it be and why?

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