Under Pressure
Queen · 1981
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Um ba ba be
- Um ba ba be
- De day da
- Ee day da - that's okay
Echo the hook
- This is our last dance
- This is our last dance
- This is ourselves
- Under pressure
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:
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Mm ba ba de
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Um bu bu bum da de
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Under pressure that brings a building down
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Pressure ? down on me
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Ee day da - ? okay
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Pray ? gets me higher
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Turned away from it all like a ? man
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Why ? we give love that one more chance
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 "give" in the whole song?
"give"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "people" in the whole song?
"people"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Mm ba ba de
- Watching some good friends
- What the world is about
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- People on streets
- Screaming 'Let me out'
- Um bum ba de
Exercise 26
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
"Under Pressure" was released in 1981. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
that's→it's→don't→we're→can't→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "Under Pressure" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?