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A1.2·rock · classic-rock·2:06

Yesterday

The Beatles · 1965

Yesterday by The Beatles (1965) — 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

  • Oh, I believe in yesterday
  • Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
  • There's a shadow hanging over me
  • Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Echo the hook

  • I said something wrong
  • Now I long for yesterday
  • Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
yesterdaybelievesuddenly

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Yesterday, all myseemed so far away

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Now it looks asthey're here to stay

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh, Iin yesterday

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,came suddenly

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't know, shesay

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I saidwrong

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why she had to go

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I said something wrong

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now I need a place to hide away

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

There's a shadow hanging over me

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Yesterday, all my ? seemed so far away

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Oh, I ? in yesterday

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? know, she wouldn't say

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now I ? for yesterday

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I don't ? she wouldn't say

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 "yesterday" in the whole song?

"yesterday"

Exercise 23

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

"believe"

Exercise 24

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

  • I don't know, she wouldn't say
  • Why she had to go
  • Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away

Exercise 25

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

  • I said something wrong
  • Now I need a place to hide away
  • Oh, I believe in yesterday

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Yesterday" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

yesterdaybelievesuddenlydon't

Exercise 27

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

yesterdaybelievesuddenlydon't

Exercise 28

Compare "Yesterday" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

yesterdaybelievesuddenlydon't

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • they're→
  • i'm→
  • there's→
  • don't→
  • wouldn't→

Exercise 30

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

yesterdaybelievesuddenlydon't