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All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey · 1994

All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey (1994) — 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 with the chorus

  • More than you could ever know
  • Make my wish come true
  • All I want for Christmas is you
  • Yeah

Echo the hook

  • You, baby
  • Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas
  • I won't even wish for snow (and I)
  • I'm just gonna keep on waiting underneath the mistletoe

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

There is just oneI need

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

All I want foris you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't care about theunderneath the Christmas tree

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Andis singing (oh, yeah)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I hearsleigh bells ringing

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Won't youbring my baby to me?

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't want a lot for Christmas

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I just want you for my own

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All I want for Christmas is you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I won't even wish for snow and I

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

What more can I do?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? want a lot for Christmas

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

More than you could ? know

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

There is just one thing I ? (and I)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I won't even wish for ? (and I)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And ? is singing (oh, yeah)

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 "want" in the whole song?

"want"

Exercise 23

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

"christmas"

Exercise 24

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

  • I don't want a lot for Christmas
  • Make my wish come true
  • Won't you please bring my baby to me?

Exercise 25

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" was released in 1994. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "All I Want for Christmas Is You" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't
  • won't
  • i'm
  • gonna
  • wanna

Exercise 29

If you could ask Mariah Carey one question about "All I Want for Christmas Is You", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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