The Middle
Jimmy Eat World · 2001
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- It just takes some time
- Little girl, you're in the middle of the ride
- Everything, everything'll be just fine
- Everything, everything'll be alright, alright
Echo the hook
- Hey, don't write yourself off yet
- It's only in your head, you feel left out
- Or looked down on
- Just try your best
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Try everything you can
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When you're away
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Do everything you can do everything you can
Exercise 10
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Or looked down on
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It just takes some time
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Hey, ? write yourself off yet
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Try ? you can
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
It just ? some time
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
It ? matter if it's good enough (good enough)
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Little girl, you're in the ? of the ride
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "everything" in the whole song?
"everything"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "everything'll" in the whole song?
"everything'll"
Exercise 24
Who in your life would you dedicate "The Middle" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 25
Compare "The Middle" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 26
If you could change the ending of the story told in "The Middle", what would happen instead?
Exercise 27
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→it's→you're→they're→doesn't→gonna→
Exercise 28
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 29
If you had to summarize "The Middle" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 30
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?