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The Cave

Mumford & Sons · 2009

The Cave by Mumford & Sons (2009) — 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 I won't let you choke
  • On the noose around your neck
  • And I'll find strength in pain
  • And I will change my ways

Sing the opening verse

  • It's empty in the valley of your heart
  • The sun, it rises slowly as you walk
  • Away from all the fears
  • And all the faults you've left behind
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

It'sin the valley of your heart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Theleft no food for you to eat

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'll findin pain

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You take what isand I'll take mine

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I know my callmy faults

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

When you know theland

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The sun, it rises slowly as you walk

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know the shame in your defeat

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I won't let you choke

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I will change my ways

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It's ? in the valley of your heart

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But I have ? the same

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And I will ? my ways

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I know my ? despite my faults

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

When you know the ? land

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

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

"i'll"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'll know my name as it's called again
  • It's empty in the valley of your heart
  • You can understand dependence

Exercise 25

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

  • And I won't let you choke
  • And sing all you want
  • The sun, it rises slowly as you walk

Exercise 26

If you could ask Mumford & Sons one question about "The Cave", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • you've→
  • won't→
  • i'll→

Exercise 30

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

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