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B1.1·pop · funk·5:53

When Doves Cry

Prince · 1984

When Doves Cry by Prince (1984) — 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

  • When doves cry
  • Touch, if you will, my stomach
  • Feel how it trembles inside
  • You've got the butterflies all tied up

Echo the hook

  • When doves cry
  • When doves cry
  • Don't cry
  • Darling don't cry
dovesmaybedon't

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Of you and Iin a kiss

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Anof violets in bloom

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

How can you justme standing?

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Maybejust like my mother

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

This is what itlike

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't make meyou

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dig if you will the picture

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Can you my darling

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dream if you can a courtyard

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The heat between me and you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Maybe I'm just too demanding

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Of you and I ? in a kiss

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Animals ? curious poses

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Maybe I'm just like my ? too bold

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

This is what it ? like

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Alone in a world so ? (World so cold)

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 "doves" in the whole song?

"doves"

Exercise 23

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

"maybe"

Exercise 24

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

  • Dig if you will the picture
  • She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
  • Why do we scream at each other

Exercise 25

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

  • Of you and I engaged in a kiss
  • When doves cry
  • You've got the butterflies all tied up

Exercise 26

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

dovesmaybedon'tnever

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.

dovesmaybedon'tnever

Exercise 28

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

dovesmaybedon'tnever

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • that's→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • she's→
  • you've→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

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

dovesmaybedon'tnever