Tiny Dancer
Elton John · 1971
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Hold me closer, tiny dancer
- Count the headlights on the highway
- Lay me down in sheets of linen
- You had a busy day today
Echo the hook
- Blue-jean baby
- L.A. lady
- Seamstress for the band
- Pretty-eyed
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary
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:
You'll marry a music man
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And now she's in me
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
He makes his stand
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
The words she knows
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Only you and you can hear me
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
You'll ? a music man
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Handing ? out for God
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
The ? she knows
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
When I say ? slowly
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
You had a ? day today
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
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "dancer" in the whole song?
"dancer"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "tiny" in the whole song?
"tiny"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Seamstress for the band
- The tune she hums
- You must have seen her
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Always with me
- Lay me down in sheets of linen
- You'll marry a music man
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Tiny Dancer" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Tiny Dancer" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Tiny Dancer" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
you'll→she's→
Exercise 30
Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.
- seamstress→
- dancer→
- ballerina→
- hold me closer→