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Introduction

Our Music Pack lessons are designed to help you improve all aspects of your English through the pleasure of listening to great songs.

There are 10 parts to each lesson:

• The Quick Introduction from Me, Sab! 😀
• The Music Video from an on-line source
• The Aural Comprehension section for listening practice
• The Song Words to enrich your vocabulary and help understanding
• The Vocabulary Definitions to test what you’ve heard and read
• The Listening Section for intensive aural training, slow and fast
• The Pronunciation Workshop to help your listening and speaking skills
• The 3 Quick Questions quiz for basic comprehension
• The 6 of the Best exercise to teach and practise important structures
• The 9 Lives of English test to consolidate and check what you’ve learnt

You can study in many different ways…

Instructions

1) Just watch and listen to the song and try to understand
2) Read the text and check new words in your dictionary
3) Click the yellow ‘Translate‘ button (below, right) to help you understand
4) Listen to the ‘slow’ version of the text and repeat
5) Listen to the ‘normal’ version and repeat again with good pronunciation
6) You can do Steps 4 and 5 before Step 1 if you want
7) Use the ‘Pronunciation Workshop‘ to develop excellent pronunciation
8) Do the ‘3 Quick Questions‘ test to test your understanding
9) Study the ‘6 of the Best‘ Exercise to improve your grammar and vocabulary
10) Finish with the ‘9 Lives of English‘ exercise to really test what you have learnt
11) Click on ‘Mobile Phone’ link if you are having problems viewing the exercises
12) Repeat any or all of the above sections regularly to revise and rememeber what you have learnt
13) And most important: Have fun learning English!

 Sab’s Introduction!

1) Watch The Videos

WHAT TO DO: Enjoy listening with and without words and try to understand what he is singing about……

2) Listen and Match

WHAT TO DO: Click in the boxes and complete the song lines.

(CLICK for Mobile Phone Version)

(CLICK for Drag and Drop Version)

3) Read The Text

WHAT TO DO: Listen again and read the words. Check new words in your dictionary or click on the yellow ‘Translate‘ button below right.

~ Prince ~ ‘When Doves Cry’ ~

Dig if you will the picture
Of you and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can you my darling
Can you picture this?

Dream if you can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and you

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that’s so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I’m just too demanding
Maybe I’m just like my father, too bold
Maybe you’re just like my mother
She’s never satisfied (She’s never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry*

Touch if you will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You’ve got the butterflies** all tied up
Don’t make me chase you
Even doves have pride

How could you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world so cold? (World so cold)
Maybe I’m just too demanding
Maybe I’m just like my father, too bold
Maybe you’re just like my mother
She’s never satisfied (She’s never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that’s so cold? (A world that’s so cold)
Maybe you’re just too demanding (Maybe, maybe I’m like my father)
Maybe I’m just like my father, too bold (Ya know he’s too bold)
Maybe you’re just like my mother (Maybe you’re just like my mother)
She’s never satisfied (She’s never, never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other (Why do we scream, why)
This is what it sounds like

When doves cry
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)
When doves cry (Doves cry, doves cry)

Don’t Cry (Don’t Cry)***

Songwriter: Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics: © Universal Music Publishing Group

Comments

*When Doves Cry (song) ~ Doves are a universal symbol for peace and love – they are calm and gentle birds which generally live together as ‘loving couples’! In this song Prince is sad because his couple is not a happy one. It is more painful because two sensitive and loving people – like doves – are unhappy. At least that’s how I understand it – maybe I’m wrong!

**Butterflies in my stomach (expression) ~ This is a typical English expression. If you say you have ‘butterflies in your stomach’ it means you feel nervous about something. This gives you a strange feeling in your stomach. You sometimes get butterflies in your stomach before an exam or when you are near someone you are secretly in love with…

***Prince RIP (pop star, acronym) ~ I am especially sad today because Prince, the singer of this amazing song, died a few hours ago. When someone has died and we mention their name, we often say ‘R.I.P.’ after it. RIP is an acronym which means ‘Rest In Peace’. It is a way of showing our respect for him. It also usually means we think they were a good person.

4) Vocabulary Definitions

WHAT TO DO: Click in the boxes and match the words with their definitions.

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5) @=> LISTEN <=@

WHAT TO DO: Listen carefully and repeat with good intonation.

Slow Version

Fast Version

6) Pronunciation Workshop

WHAT TO DO: Listen and repeat after the slow and fast versions.

  Dig if you will

  sweat of your body

  An ocean of violets in bloom

  Alone in a world

  Maybe you’re just like my mother

  This is what it sounds like

  Touch if you will

  Don’t make me chase you

  Why do we scream at each other

7) Quick Test ~ So Easy! 😀

Quick Questions

WHAT TO DO: Read the sentences and choose the correct one.

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8) Mini Quiz ~ Let’s Go!! 😛

6 of the Best…

WHAT TO DO: Click in the box and choose the correct word.

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9) Grand Finale ~ Yes You Can!!! 😈

Big Beautiful Test!

WHAT TO DO: Click in the box and write the correct word.

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