Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush · 1978
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Wuthering heights
- Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy, I've come home
- I'm so cold, let me in your window
Sing the opening verse
- Out on the wily, windy moors
- We'd roll and fall in green
- You had a temper, like my jealousy
- Too hot, too greedy
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We'd roll and fall in green
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
How could you leave me
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I hated you, I loved you too
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm so cold, let me in your window
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I pine a lot, I find the lot
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Out on the ? windy moors
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
When I ? to possess you?
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm ? I've come home
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I ? a lot, I find the lot
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Too ? I roam in the night
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "heathcliff" in the whole song?
"heathcliff"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?
"it's"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Coming home to wuthering, wuthering
- I'm so cold, let me in your window
- Out on the wily, windy moors
Exercise 25
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Wuthering Heights" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
If you could ask Kate Bush one question about "Wuthering Heights", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Wuthering Heights" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→i'm→i've→
Exercise 29
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Wuthering Heights", what would happen instead?
Exercise 30
"Wuthering Heights" was released in 1978. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.