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The A Team

Ed Sheeran · 2011

The A Team by Ed Sheeran (2011) — 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

  • And they say
  • She's in the Class A Team
  • Stuck in her daydream
  • Been this way since eighteen

Echo the hook

  • It's too cold outside
  • For angels to fly
  • Angels to fly

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Burntsour taste

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Been this wayeighteen

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause we're justthe upper hand

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And in a pipe sheto the Motherland

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Drywet clothes

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause we're just under thehand

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And they say

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And they scream

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And she don't want to go outside tonight

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And we're all under the upper hand

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

White lips, pale face

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

White ? pale face

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But ? her face seems

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Or ? love to another man

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Call ? no phone

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Or sells love to ? man

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 "angels" in the whole song?

"angels"

Exercise 23

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

"outside"

Exercise 24

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

  • Covered in white
  • Ripped gloves, raincoat
  • White lips, pale face

Exercise 25

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

  • Been this way since eighteen
  • Breathing in snowflakes
  • Straight down the line

Exercise 26

If you could ask Ed Sheeran one question about "The A Team", what would it be and why?

angelsoutsidefacelife

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "The A Team" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

angelsoutsidefacelife

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "The A Team" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

angelsoutsidefacelife

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • she's
  • we're
  • don't
  • it's
  • we'll

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "The A Team" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

angelsoutsidefacelife