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Talkin' 'bout a Revolution

Tracy Chapman · 1988

Talkin' 'bout a Revolution by Tracy Chapman (1988) — 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

  • Don't you know
  • They're talking about a revolution?
  • It sounds like a whisper
  • Don't you know

Echo the hook

  • Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh no
  • Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh
  • I've been standing in the welfare lines
  • Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
revolutiontalkin'bout

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

They'reabout a revolution?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Whilestanding in the welfare lines

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Sitting aroundfor a promotion

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Poor peoplerise up

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause finally theare starting to turn

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beenin the welfare lines

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't you know

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

While they're standing in the welfare lines

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It sounds like a whisper

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Wasting time in the unemployment lines

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Poor people gonna rise up

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

They're ? about a revolution?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Crying at the ? of those armies of salvation

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Poor ? gonna rise up

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Talkin' ? a revolution

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? in the welfare lines

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 "revolution" in the whole song?

"revolution"

Exercise 23

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

"talkin'"

Exercise 24

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

  • Don't you know
  • It sounds like a whisper
  • Talkin' 'bout a revolution, oh

Exercise 25

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

  • Run, run, run, run, run, run
  • They're talking about a revolution?
  • Wasting time in the unemployment lines

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

revolutiontalkin'boutdon't

Exercise 27

If you could ask Tracy Chapman one question about "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", what would it be and why?

revolutiontalkin'boutdon't

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

revolutiontalkin'boutdon't

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • they're→
  • gonna→
  • what's→
  • i've→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Talkin' 'bout a Revolution", what would happen instead?

revolutiontalkin'boutdon't