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You've Got a Friend

James Taylor · 1971

You've Got a Friend by James Taylor (1971) — 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

  • You just call out my name
  • And you know wherever I am
  • I'll come running, oh, yeah, baby
  • To see you again

Echo the hook

  • And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
  • You've got a friend
  • If the sky above you
  • Should turn dark and full of clouds
you'vecallknow

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Whendown and troubled

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Close your eyes andof me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'll comeoh, yeah, baby

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'll beyeah, yeah, yeah

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Soon I'll beupon your door

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

They'll hurt you andyou

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're down and troubled

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And soon I will be there

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And you know wherever I am

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To see you again

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When ? down and troubled

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

To ? up even your darkest nights

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And I'll be ? yeah, yeah, yeah

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And call my ? out loud now

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

They'll ? you and desert you

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 "you've" in the whole song?

"you've"

Exercise 23

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

"call"

Exercise 24

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

  • All you've got to do is call
  • And I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
  • When you're down and troubled

Exercise 25

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

  • And you need a helping hand
  • Soon I'll be knocking upon your door
  • They'll hurt you and desert you

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "You've Got a Friend" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "You've Got a Friend" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

you'vecallknowi'll

Exercise 28

Compare "You've Got a Friend" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

you'vecallknowi'll

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • i'll→
  • you've→
  • they'll→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "You've Got a Friend" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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