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Time

Pink Floyd · 1973

Time by Pink Floyd (1973) — 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

  • Tired of lying in the sunshine
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Tired ofin the sunshine

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andis time to kill today

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Racing around to come upyou again

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Plans thatcome to naught

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Is theway

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Far away,the field

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And you are young and life is long

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Ten years have got behind you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You missed the starting gun

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you're older

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I like to be here when I can

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Tired of ? in the sunshine

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Ten ? have got behind you

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Shorter of ? and one day closer to death

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Hanging on in ? desperation

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

It's ? to warm my bones beside the fire

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 "home" in the whole song?

"home"

Exercise 23

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

"time"

Exercise 24

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

  • But it's sinking
  • Is the English way
  • Tired of lying in the sunshine

Exercise 25

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

  • Never seem to find the time
  • Staying home to watch the rain
  • Thought I'd something more to say

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • you're→
  • i'd→

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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