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A2.2·rock·4:26

Times Like These

Foo Fighters · 2003

Times Like These by Foo Fighters (2003) — 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

  • I'm the one that drives away
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm the one thataway

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thenyou back home

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm a wildblinding bright

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

It's times likeyou give and give again

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm anew sky

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I am adivided

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I, I'm a one way motorway

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then follows you back home

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a wild light blinding bright

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm a brand new sky

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Do I stay or run away

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm the one that ? away

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'm a ? light blinding bright

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

It's times like these you ? to love again

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

To ? the stars upon tonight

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And ? it all behind?

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 "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

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

"times"

Exercise 24

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

  • Burning off and on
  • I am a little divided
  • I, I'm a one way motorway

Exercise 25

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

  • And leave it all behind?
  • I'm a brand new sky
  • I'm the one that drives away

Exercise 26

"Times Like These" was released in 2003. 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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Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Times Like These" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 28

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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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • it's→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Foo Fighters one question about "Times Like These", what would it be and why?

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