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When We Were Young

Adele · 2015

When We Were Young by Adele (2015) — 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

  • When we were young
  • When we were young
  • When we were young
  • When we were young

Echo the hook

  • It was just like a movie
  • It was just like a song
  • I was so scared to face my fears
  • Nobody told me that you'd be here
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Everybodythe things you do

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But if byyou're here alone

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Youlike a song

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

That webe exactly like we were

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And Iyou moved overseas

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Everything justme back

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Everybody loves the things you do

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To the way you move

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause you feel like home

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But if by chance you're here alone

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Before I go?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Everybody ? the things you do

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But if by ? you're here alone

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Let me ? you in this light

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Nobody ? me that you'd be here

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

It's ? to admit that

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 "young" in the whole song?

"young"

Exercise 23

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

"movie"

Exercise 24

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

  • Everybody loves the things you do
  • I was so scared to face my fears
  • To when you were there

Exercise 25

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

  • Before we realized
  • From the way you talk
  • It was just like a movie

Exercise 26

Compare "When We Were Young" 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 "When We Were Young", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "When We Were Young" 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:

  • you're→
  • i've→
  • you'd→
  • that's→
  • it's→
  • hasn't→

Exercise 30

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

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