Time of the Season
The Zombies · 1968
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- What's your name? (What's your name?)
- Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?)
- (He rich) is he rich like me?
- Has he taken (has he taken)
Sing the opening verse
- It's the time of the season
- When love runs high
- In this time, give it to me easy
- And let me try with pleasured hands
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
To take you in the sun
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
He rich is he rich like me?
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Tell you what
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It's the time of the season
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
In this time, give it to me easy
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
It's the ? of the season
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
In this time, ? it to me easy
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
It's the time of the ? for loving
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
(He ? is he rich like me?
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
What's your name? ? your name?)
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "time" in the whole song?
"time"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "show" in the whole song?
"show"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- It's the time of the season
- It's the time of the season for loving
- What's your name? (What's your name?)
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Any time (any time)
- When love runs high
- Who's your daddy? (Who's your daddy?)
Exercise 26
If you could ask The Zombies one question about "Time of the Season", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Time of the Season" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Time of the Season" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→what's→who's→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Time of the Season" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?