All Star
Smash Mouth · 1999
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Hey now, you're an all star
- Get your game on, go play
- Hey now, you're a rock star
- Get the show on, get paid
Echo the hook
- (Go for the moon, go, go)
- (Go for the moon, go, go)
- (Go for the moon)
- (Go, go, go for the moon)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And they don't stop coming
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Hey now, you're a rock star
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
"Could I spare some change for gas?
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Somebody once ? me
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
And they ? stop coming
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Get your ? on, go play
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Judging by the ? in the satellite picture
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I could use a ? fuel myself"
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?
"you're"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "star" in the whole song?
"star"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
- Somebody once asked
- Somebody once told me
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- (Go for the moon, go, go)
- And we could all use a little change
- The world is gonna roll me
Exercise 26
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
"All Star" was released in 1999. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
gonna→don't→didn't→what's→you'll→you're→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "All Star" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?