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The Times They Are a-Changin'

Bob Dylan · 1964

The Times They Are a-Changin' by Bob Dylan (1964) — 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

  • 'Cause the times, they are a-changin'
  • Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
  • Don't stand in the doorway, don't block up the hall
  • For he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled

Echo the hook

  • For the times, they are a-changin'
  • Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen
  • And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again
  • And don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Come'round people wherever you roam

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

For thethey are a-changin'

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

For thenow will be later to win

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Will soonyour windows and rattle your walls

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Your sons and yourare beyond your command

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

As thenow will later be past

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Come gather 'round people wherever you roam

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For the times, they are a-changin'

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And don't criticize what you can't understand

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Come ? 'round people wherever you roam

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

For the ? they are a-changin'

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Come ? congressmen, please heed the call

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Come ? and fathers throughout the land

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

The ? now will later be fast

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 "times" in the whole song?

"times"

Exercise 23

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

"changin'"

Exercise 24

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

  • Come gather 'round people wherever you roam
  • Come senators, congressmen, please heed the call
  • Your old road is rapidly aging

Exercise 25

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

  • Come mothers and fathers throughout the land
  • If your time to you is worth savin'
  • The slowest now will later be fast

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "The Times They Are a-Changin'", what would happen instead?

timeschangin'don'tlater

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "The Times They Are a-Changin'" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

timeschangin'don'tlater

Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "The Times They Are a-Changin'" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

timeschangin'don'tlater

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you'll→
  • won't→
  • don't→
  • there's→
  • it's→
  • can't→

Exercise 30

"The Times They Are a-Changin'" was released in 1964. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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