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9 to 5

Dolly Parton · 1980

9 to 5 by Dolly Parton (1980) — 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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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • They just use your mind
  • And they never give you credit
  • It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it
  • 9 to 5, for service and devotion

Echo the hook

  • 9 to 5, yeah
  • They got you where they want you
  • There's a better life
  • And you think about it, don't you?
it'slifenever

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Tumblebed and I stumble to the kitchen

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Out on thethe traffic starts jumpin'

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

9 to 5, forand devotion

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

You're just a step on theladder

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And thegonna turn

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

There's alife

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They just use your mind

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You would think that I

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you got dreams he'll never take away

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They got you where they want you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No matter what they call it

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Tumble ? bed and I stumble to the kitchen

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And they ? give you credit

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

They let you ? just to watch 'em shatter

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And it's all ? roll your way

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

No ? what they call it

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 "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

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

"life"

Exercise 24

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

  • And you spend your life
  • Pour myself a cup of ambition
  • Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in

Exercise 25

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

  • 9 to 5, yeah
  • Out on the street, the traffic starts jumpin'
  • They just use your mind

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "9 to 5" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

it'slifeneverlivin'

Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "9 to 5" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

it'slifeneverlivin'

Exercise 28

If you could ask Dolly Parton one question about "9 to 5", what would it be and why?

it'slifeneverlivin'

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • won't→
  • you're→
  • gonna→
  • there's→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

Compare "9 to 5" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

it'slifeneverlivin'