Too Good at Goodbyes
Sam Smith · 2017
🎤 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
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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 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:
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 "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?
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).
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?
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?
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?