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Wonderful World

Sam Cooke · 1960

Wonderful World by Sam Cooke (1960) — 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 with the chorus

  • What a wonderful world this would be
  • Don't know much about geography
  • Don't know much trigonometry
  • Don't know much about algebra

Sing it again — final chorus

  • What a wonderful world this would be
  • La-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta (history)
  • Hmm-mmm (biology)
  • Well, la-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta (science book)
knowdon'twonderful

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't know much about abook

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't know much about theI took

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't know what arule is for

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

What a wonderfulthis would be

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But I'mto be

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Forby being an A student, baby

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't know much about the French I took

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And if this one could be with you

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can win your love for me

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't know much about history

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't know much about a science book

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Don't ? much about history

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Don't know much about the ? I took

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Don't know what a ? rule is for

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now, I ? claim to be an A student

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

For ? by being an A student, baby

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • Don't know much about algebra
  • Don't know much about history
  • Don't know much biology

Exercise 25

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

knowdon'twonderfulworld

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.

knowdon'twonderfulworld

Exercise 27

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

knowdon'twonderfulworld

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i'm→

Exercise 29

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

knowdon'twonderfulworld

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Wonderful World" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

knowdon'twonderfulworld