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Take On Me

A-ha · 1985

Take On Me by A-ha (1985) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Take on me (take on me)
  • Take me on (take on me)
  • I'll be gone
  • In a day or two

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Take on me (take on me)
  • Take me on (take on me)
  • I'll be gone in a day
  • Take on me (take on me)
i'llgoneanyway

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Today isday to find you

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'll befor your love, okay?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Soto say

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But I'll beaway

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Slowlythat life is okay

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

It's noto be safe than sorry

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're talking away

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll say it anyway

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'll be coming for your love, okay?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm odds and ends

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All the things that you say, yeah

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? know what I'm to say

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'll be ? for your love, okay?

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? and ends

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Slowly ? that life is okay

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

All the ? that you say, yeah

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 "gone" in the whole song?

"gone"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm odds and ends
  • We're talking away
  • You're all the things I've got to remember

Exercise 25

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

  • I don't know what I'm to say
  • It's no better to be safe than sorry
  • You're shying away

Exercise 26

Compare "Take On Me" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

i'llgoneanywayshying

Exercise 27

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

i'llgoneanywayshying

Exercise 28

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

i'llgoneanywayshying

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • we're→
  • don't→
  • i'm→
  • i'll→
  • it's→
  • you're→

Exercise 30

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

i'llgoneanywayshying