Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks in the song lyrics.
Exercise
Tap all the highlighted words in the text below to see their definition. ⇩Today we propose a theme by Massive Attack, one of my favorite music groups from the 90s. Bristol’s trip-hop geniuses Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall disrupted the city music scene back in 1991 with sounds that were never heard before. Their musical style features guest vocalists, sprechgesang stylings, and creative sampling production that fuses down-tempo hip-hop, reggae, soul, and other eclectic references. They are also known for their political activism and have collaborated with acclaimed artists like David Bowie.
The song Safe from Harm is the third single and opening track from Blue Lines, the band’s 1991 debut album. The song lyrics are influenced by the movie Taxi Driver, where a paranoid Vietnam vet who drives a taxi at night becomes obsessed with saving a child prostitute and ends up killing some people in his efforts.
Notice the incorrect spelling of the word “Contagious”. It seems like the band forced it to rhyme with “Dangerous”.
These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates so that they can learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.
Exercise
Fill in the missing words. ⇩
Grammar – First Conditional 
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First conditional
- We use the FIRST CONDITIONAL to talk about future possibilities or things that are likely to happen in the future.
- For example:
- – If I have enough money, I will go to Boston this summer.
- The structure of the first conditional is:
- If + present simple verb, will + infinitive
- For example:
- – If the teacher is good, the class will be easy to follow.
- We can also use the first conditional in the NEGATIVE FORM. For example:
- – If the hotel is not available, I won’t book it.
- If + don’t / doesn’t + present simple verb, won’t + infinitive
- In this case, both parts of the sentence are negative, but we might find sentences where one part is negative and the other is affirmative.
- For example:
- – If she doesn’t study, she’ll fail her exam.
- If + don’t / doesn’t + present simple verb, will + infinitive
- – If it rains, I won’t go to the concert.
- If + present simple verb , will not / won’t + infinitive
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It’s quite hard to listen to the male’s voice who is rapping since music instruments are louder than his voice
Hi Nguyen! Yes, it’s meant to be like this; but the more you listen to it, the more you understand. Keep on practicing!
I can’t listen. The song have so much noise for me.
Thanks for sharing! Not all songs have the same level of difficulty. Stay tuned for more Fill in the Lyrics activities.
The lyric is absolutely perfect! Amazing song!
Thanks for the feedback Olímpio! We think is perfect too!
Great song , but i couldn’t listen to what she said especially in this part : “Terreous Infectious and dangerous
Friends and enemies will find it’s contagerous
And they’re spreading through your system like a virus”
Hi Rihabe, thanks for the feedback. Sometimes it takes more than one shot to get the lyrics. Keep on practicing!
Hi. I wrote “dangerous” instead of “Dangerous”, and it take it like a mistake
Hi Chelo, thanks for sharing. These exercises take capitalization and punctuation into consideration. For some reason, the songwriter decided to capitalize these adjectives. In order to avoid confussion we have updated the exercise so no capitalization is needed for this specific word. Best!