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The Sign

Ace of Base · 1993

The Sign by Ace of Base (1993) — 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

  • I saw the sign
  • Life is demanding without understanding
  • I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
  • I saw the sign

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I saw the sign
  • No one's gonna drag you up
  • To get into the light where you belong
  • But where do you belong?
signopenedeyes

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You wouldrecognize me

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

How can alike me care for you?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Life iswithout understanding

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

To get into thewhere you belong

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

For so manyI've wondered who you are

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Life is demandingunderstanding

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I, I got a new life

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm so glad

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're not the one for me?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No one's gonna drag you up

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But where do you belong?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You would ? recognize me

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Life is ? without understanding

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

(Ah) ? the pale moon

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Under the ? moon

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I am ? now

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 "sign" in the whole song?

"sign"

Exercise 23

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

"opened"

Exercise 24

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

  • But where do you belong?
  • I, I got a new life
  • Oh, oh, oh, oh

Exercise 25

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

  • I saw the sign
  • I've left you, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
  • You would hardly recognize me

Exercise 26

If you could ask Ace of Base one question about "The Sign", what would it be and why?

signopenedeyesbelong

Exercise 27

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

signopenedeyesbelong

Exercise 28

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

signopenedeyesbelong

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • gonna→
  • i've→

Exercise 30

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

signopenedeyesbelong