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B1.2·rock·4:02

Take Me to Church

Hozier · 2013

Take Me to Church by Hozier (2013) — 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 with the chorus

  • Take me to church
  • I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies
  • I'll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife
  • Offer me that deathless death

Echo the hook

  • Offer me my deathless death
  • Good God, let me give you my life
  • Take me to church
  • I'll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Mygot humor

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

If theever did speak

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Myoffers no absolutes

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Offer me thatdeath

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Shea sacrifice

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

We've a lot offaithful

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's the giggle at a funeral

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's the last true mouthpiece

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The only Heaven I'll be sent to

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was born sick, but I love it

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If I'm a pagan of the good times

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

My ? got humor

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Every ? getting more bleak

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The only ? I'll be sent to

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Good God, let me ? you my life

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Something ? for the main course

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 "i'll" in the whole song?

"i'll"

Exercise 23

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

"church"

Exercise 24

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

  • My lover's got humor
  • Offer me that deathless death
  • That looks plenty

Exercise 25

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

  • Good God, let me give you my life
  • She demands a sacrifice
  • She's the giggle at a funeral

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Take Me to Church" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

i'llchurchworshipgood

Exercise 27

If you could ask Hozier one question about "Take Me to Church", what would it be and why?

i'llchurchworshipgood

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Take Me to Church" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

i'llchurchworshipgood

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • she's
  • i'll
  • i'm
  • that's
  • we've

Exercise 30

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

i'llchurchworshipgood