"FIELDS OF GOLD" LISTENING EXERCISE

 

 FIELDS 

            OF 

               GOLD 

                        by Sting

1. Fill in the blanks with one of the following words:  

              wind, forget, fields, remember, sky, walk, sun.

You’ ll …………………me when the west …………… moves

upon the ……………of barley

You’ll …………..the ………..in his jealous ………………

as we ……………… in fields of gold

2. Choose one word from each pair and fill in the blanks: 

            so/though,          a time/a while,           among/upon.

……………. she took her love

for to gaze ………………………

……………..the fields of barley 

3. Fill in the blanks with one of these verbs:

                             be, fell, stay, came.

In his arms she ……………..

as her hair…………… down

among the fields of gold

Will you …………… with me?

Will you …………… my love?

among the fields of barley

4. Choose the correct word from each pair: 

      sun/son,         sky/ski,         lay/lie,         garlic/barley,         east/west,       

      upon/among,         fill/feel,          rise/raise,         hiss/kiss,         upon/among.

We’ll forget the …………… in his jealous ……………

as we ……………in the fields of ……………

See the ……………wind move like a lover so

…………… the fields of barley

……………her body …………… when you …………… her mouth

a……………. the fields of gold

5. Put the lines in the correct order:

(    ) But I swear in the days still left

(    ) I never made promises lightly

(    ) we’ll walk in the fields of gold (2)

(    ) and there have been some that I’ve broken

6. Correct the mistakes:

Many years have gone ………………………………………………………………

since summer those days ………………………………………………………………

along the fields of barley ………………………………………………………………

see the children come ………………………………………………………………

as the sun go down ……………………………………………………………..

along the fields of gold ………………………………………………………………..

 

7. Correct the mistakes.

I’ll remember him when the west wind moves …………….//……………

upon the fields of barley   ……………

I can tell the sun in her jealous sky ……………//……………..

When they walked in fields of gold (3)     ………………

I do hope you enjoy listening to this beautiful song.

Maribel Miró Pérez

October 16th, 2025

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