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A1.2·jazz·2:19

What a Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong · 1967

What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong (1967) — 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

  • What a wonderful world
  • I see skies of blue
  • And clouds of white
  • The bright blessed day

Sing it again — final chorus

  • What a wonderful world
  • Yes, I think to myself
  • What a wonderful world
  • Ooh yeah

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I seeof green

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

What aworld

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Andof white

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof the rainbow

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Ofgoing by

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I hearcry

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I see trees of green

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

For me and for you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I see skies of blue

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Saying, "How do you do?"

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

"I love you"

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I see ? of green

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I see ? of blue

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? sacred night

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Of ? going by

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? them grow

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 "think" in the whole song?

"think"

Exercise 23

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

"myself"

Exercise 24

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

  • I see trees of green
  • The dark sacred night
  • They're really saying

Exercise 25

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

  • Are also on the faces
  • I watch them grow
  • Red roses too

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.

thinkmyselfwonderfulworld

Exercise 27

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

thinkmyselfwonderfulworld

Exercise 28

"What a Wonderful World" was released in 1967. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

thinkmyselfwonderfulworld

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • they're
  • they'll
  • i'll

Exercise 30

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

thinkmyselfwonderfulworld