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A2.2·rock·5:09

The Scientist

Coldplay · 2002

The Scientist by Coldplay (2002) — 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

  • Nobody said it was easy
  • It's such a shame for us to part
  • Nobody said it was easy
  • No one ever said it would be this hard

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Nobody said it was easy
  • Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
  • Nobody said it was easy
  • No one ever said it would be so hard
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You don't know howyou are

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Tell me yourand ask me your questions

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Heads on aapart

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I was justat numbers and figures

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Pulling theapart

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Running in circles,our tails

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You don't know how lovely you are

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was just guessing at numbers and figures

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Coming back as we are

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, let's go back to the start

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Heads on a science apart

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Come up to ? you, tell you I'm sorry

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Oh, ? go back to the start

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

It's ? a shame for us to part

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Pulling the ? apart

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Running in circles, ? our tails

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 "tell" in the whole song?

"tell"

Exercise 23

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

"start"

Exercise 24

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

  • Do not speak as loud as my heart
  • It's such a shame for us to part
  • You don't know how lovely you are

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

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

tellstartnobodyeasy

Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "The Scientist" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • let's→
  • it's→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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