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Waterfalls

TLC · 1994

Waterfalls by TLC (1994) — 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

  • Don't go chasing waterfalls
  • Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
  • I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all
  • But I think you're moving too fast

Sing the opening verse

  • A lonely mother gazing out of her window
  • Staring at a son that she just can't touch
  • If at any time he's in a jam, she'll be by his side
  • But he doesn't realize he hurts her so much
you'reknowdon't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Amother gazing out of her window

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But Iyou're moving too fast

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Hisis fading and he doesn't know why

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But too manyhave come and gone

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

The manyI blew

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

That it'em in the pourin' rain

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I think you're moving too fast

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But he doesn't recognize his own face

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I pray all ten fade away

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You shoot and aim for someone else's brain

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A lonely mother gazing out of her window

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

A ? mother gazing out of her window

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But I ? you're moving too fast

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Y'all ? hear me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Seldom ? Him for the sunny days

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Wit' ? an endurin' pain

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 "you're" in the whole song?

"you're"

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:

  • A lonely mother gazing out of her window
  • I seen a rainbow yesterday
  • Wit' such an endurin' pain

Exercise 25

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

  • Another body laying cold in the gutter
  • Only my faith can undo
  • You shoot and aim for someone else's brain

Exercise 26

If you could ask TLC one question about "Waterfalls", what would it be and why?

you'reknowdon'tmoving

Exercise 27

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

you'reknowdon'tmoving

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Waterfalls" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

you'reknowdon'tmoving

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • he's→
  • doesn't→
  • don't→
  • you're→
  • gonna→

Exercise 30

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

you'reknowdon'tmoving