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The Winner Takes It All

ABBA · 1980

The Winner Takes It All by ABBA (1980) — 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

  • The winner takes it all
  • The loser's standing small
  • Beside the victory
  • That's her destiny

Echo the hook

  • By Med EL BARAKA
takeswinnerit's

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I don'ttalk

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andwhat you've done too

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Iit made sense

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Andway down here

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

WhyI complain?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Aor a friend

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't wanna talk

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've played all my cards

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I was in your arms

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I figured it made sense

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I was a fool

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? wanna talk

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? standing small

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? way down here

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Does it ? the same

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

A ? or a friend

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 "takes" in the whole song?

"takes"

Exercise 23

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

"winner"

Exercise 24

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

  • Always staying low
  • By Med EL BARAKA
  • Playing by the rules

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "The Winner Takes It All" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

takeswinnerit'ssomeone

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "The Winner Takes It All" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

takeswinnerit'ssomeone

Exercise 27

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

takeswinnerit'ssomeone

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • we've→
  • it's→
  • i've→
  • that's→

Exercise 29

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

takeswinnerit'ssomeone

Exercise 30

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

takeswinnerit'ssomeone