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A2.1·rock·3:15

Vertigo

U2 · 2004

Vertigo by U2 (2004) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  • Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Echo the hook

  • Hello, hello (hola!)
  • We're at a place called Vertigo (¿dónde está?)
  • It's everything I wish I didn't know
  • Except you give me something
helloknowfeel

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Theis your head, can't rule your heart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

We're at acalled Vertigo (¿dónde está?)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Theis full of holes

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Theyas the boys play rock and roll

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Swinging to theswinging to the music

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

It's everything I wish Iknow

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're at a place called Vertigo ¿dónde está?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Except you give me something

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm at a place called Vertigo ¿dónde está?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Just give me what I want

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Is that you give me something

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Uno, dos, ? catorce

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Your ? can wander

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? is full of holes

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Swinging to the ? swinging to the music

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

We're at a place called ? (¿dónde está?)

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 "hello" in the whole song?

"hello"

Exercise 23

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

"know"

Exercise 24

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

  • Just give me what I want
  • Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
  • Uno, dos, tres, catorce

Exercise 25

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

  • And no one gets hurt
  • But you give me something
  • Send it to the back, Captain

Exercise 26

Compare "Vertigo" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Vertigo", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Vertigo" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • can't→
  • we're→
  • didn't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

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

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