Sing it out! - Listening Practice

Hello, guys! This is a listening exercise for people who have already been studying English for a while. Listen to the song at least three times and answer according to the instructions. The answers are at the end of the page. Good luck and have fun!

ED SHEERAN - CASTLE ON THE HILL

1. Listen and fill in the blanks:

When I was six years old, I ________ my leg I was ___________ from my brother and his friends Tasted the sweet ___________ of the mountain grass, I rolled down I was __________ then ___________ me back to when I

Found my heart and broke it here Made friends and lost _________ through the years And I've not seen the roaring fields in so __________, I know, I've grown But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my ________ Driving at ninety down those country lanes ____________ to Tiny Dancer And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's ________ When we ___________ the sunset over the castle on the hill

2. Put the sentences in the right sequence:

( )Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends ( )Take me back to when ( )Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon I did it right ( )But I was younger then ( )Fifteen years old and smoking hand rolled cigarettes

3. Circle the correct option:

We found weekend jobs, when/and we got paid

And buy cheap spirits and drink/think them straight

Me and my friends have/had not thrown up in so long, oh, how we've grown

I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way/when Driving at ninety down those country lanes Singing/Ringing to Tiny Dancer And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real/view When we watched/watch the sunset over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill Over the castle on the hill

4. Tick (✓) or cross (x) the right or wrong sentences. If they are wrong, point the mistakes. Follow the example:

One friend left to sell old clothes (x) One works down by the coast ( ) One had two kids but he lives alone ( ) One's brother overdosed ( )

One's already on his second wife ( ) One's just barely getting it by ( ) But these people raised me ( ) And I can't wait to go home

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