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Too Good at Goodbyes

Sam Smith · 2017

Too Good at Goodbyes by Sam Smith (2017) — 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

  • I'm way too good at goodbyes
  • (I'm way too good at goodbyes)
  • I'm way too good at goodbyes
  • (I'm way too good at goodbyes)

Echo the hook

  • No way that you'll see me cry
  • (No way that you'll see me cry)
  • I'm way too good at goodbyes
  • (I'm way too good at goodbyes) no

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You mustthat I'm stupid

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mgonna let you close to me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

'Causetime I open up, it hurts

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I knowthinking I'm heartless

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm justmy innocence

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

No way thatsee me cry

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You must think that I'm stupid

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You must think that I'm new to this

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm never gonna let you close to me

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause every time I open up, it hurts

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm way too good at goodbyes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You must ? that I'm stupid

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Even ? you mean the most to me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Even when I ? the most to you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I know ? thinking I'm cold

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

'Cause every ? I open up, it hurts

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 "good" in the whole song?

"good"

Exercise 23

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

"goodbyes"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm never gonna let you close to me
  • No way that you'll see me cry
  • You must think that I'm a fool

Exercise 25

If you could ask Sam Smith one question about "Too Good at Goodbyes", what would it be and why?

goodgoodbyeseverytime

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Too Good at Goodbyes" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

goodgoodbyeseverytime

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Too Good at Goodbyes" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

goodgoodbyeseverytime

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • gonna
  • don't
  • it's
  • you're
  • you'll

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Too Good at Goodbyes" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

goodgoodbyeseverytime

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Too Good at Goodbyes" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

goodgoodbyeseverytime