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Unwell

Matchbox Twenty · 2002

Unwell by Matchbox Twenty (2002) — 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

  • How I used to be
  • How I used to be
  • Well, I'm just a little unwell
  • How I used to be

Echo the hook

  • I know, right now you can't tell
  • But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
  • A different side of me
  • I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

All dayat the ceilin' makin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

That Iget some sleep

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But I'm notI'm just a little unwell

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm not crazy, I'm just aimpaired

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But stay a while andthen you'll see

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Pretty sooncome to get me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That I should get some sleep

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know, right now you can't tell

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know, right now you don't care

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And how I used to be, me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been talkin' in my sleep

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

All day ? at the ceilin' makin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Hold on, ? like I'm headed for a breakdown

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

A ? side of me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

There must be ? wrong with me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? in my sleep

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

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

"little"

Exercise 24

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

  • All day starin' at the ceilin' makin'
  • And how I used to be, me
  • I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell

Exercise 25

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

  • A different side of me
  • Friends with shadows on my wall
  • I know, right now you don't care

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 28

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • can't→
  • you'll→
  • you're→
  • gonna→

Exercise 30

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

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