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A2.2·rock · pop·6:42

Total Eclipse of the Heart

Bonnie Tyler · 1983

Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler (1983) — 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

  • (Turn around)
  • Every now and then I get a little bit lonely
  • When you're never coming 'round
  • (Turn around)

Echo the hook

  • (Turn around, bright eyes)
  • But every now and then I fall apart
  • (Turn around, bright eyes)
  • Every now and then I fall apart
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Whennever coming 'round

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Butnow and then I fall apart

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And we'll only beit right

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Forever'sstart tonight

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Aeclipse of the heart

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Asand wondrous as you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're never coming 'round

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But every now and then I fall apart

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I dream of something wild

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I need you now tonight

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you only hold me tight

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When ? never coming 'round

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

When I ? of something wild

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Cause we'll ? be wrong

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now I'm only ? apart

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

As ? and wondrous as you

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 "turn" in the whole song?

"turn"

Exercise 23

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

"every"

Exercise 24

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

  • 'Cause we'll never be wrong
  • Every now and then I fall apart
  • When you're never coming 'round

Exercise 25

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

  • A total eclipse of the heart
  • Of listening to the sound of my tears
  • We'll be holding on forever

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

If you could ask Bonnie Tyler one question about "Total Eclipse of the Heart", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • we'll→
  • don't→
  • gonna→

Exercise 30

Compare "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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