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A2.2·rock·4:29

The Pretender

Foo Fighters · 2007

The Pretender by Foo Fighters (2007) — 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

  • You're the pretender
  • What if I say I will never surrender?
  • What if I say I'm not like the others?
  • What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

Echo the hook

  • Yeah, who are you?
  • Yeah, who are you?
  • Yeah, who are you?
  • Keep you in the dark
neveranotheryou're

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Sing as theirgo marching in

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thethat you keep are ever ready

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Theis spinning me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm justsoul for sale, oh well

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Youto hear

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm the handtake you down

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Keep you in the dark

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They need you buried deep

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Are you ready?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're the pretender

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

What if I say that I'll never surrender?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You ? they all

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? that you keep are ever ready

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

What if I say I will ? surrender?

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

The ? is out of print

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm the ? that you have to face

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 "never" in the whole song?

"never"

Exercise 23

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

"another"

Exercise 24

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

  • Bring you to your knees
  • Keep you in the dark
  • What if I say that I'll never surrender?

Exercise 25

Imagine you are making a short film with "The Pretender" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

neveranotheryou'reothers

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

neveranotheryou'reothers

Exercise 27

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

neveranotheryou'reothers

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • it's→
  • you're→
  • i'll→
  • we're→
  • what's→

Exercise 29

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

neveranotheryou'reothers

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "The Pretender" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

neveranotheryou'reothers