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B1.2·metal·4:13

The Trooper

Iron Maiden · 1983

The Trooper by Iron Maiden (1983) — 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 with the singer

  • You'll take my life, but I'll take yours too
you'lli'llfire

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You'll take my life, but I'll taketoo

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You'dstand, there's no turning back

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

As Ion into certain death

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Webodies that lay on the ground

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

We get sonear enough to fight

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And as I laygazing at the sky

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So when you're waiting for the next attack

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As I plunge on into certain death

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We won't live to fight another day

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And as I lay forgotten and alone

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You'll take my ? but I'll take yours too

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? sounds, the charge begins

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And as we ? towards the human wall

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

We get so ? yet so far away

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

A ? of rounds take my horse below

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

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

  • So when you're waiting for the next attack
  • The mighty roar of the Russian guns
  • We won't live to fight another day

Exercise 23

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

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Exercise 24

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

you'lli'llfirehorse

Exercise 25

If you could ask Iron Maiden one question about "The Trooper", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 26

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you'll→
  • i'll→
  • you're→
  • you'd→
  • there's→
  • won't→

Exercise 27

Compare "The Trooper" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 28

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

you'lli'llfirehorse

Exercise 29

If you could change the ending of the story told in "The Trooper", what would happen instead?

you'lli'llfirehorse

Exercise 30

"The Trooper" was released in 1983. 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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