Beat It
Michael Jackson · 1982
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
- Just beat it (beat it)
- Just beat it (beat it)
- Just beat it (beat it)
Echo the hook
- Beat it (beat it, beat it)
- Beat it (beat it, beat it)
- Beat it (beat it, beat it)
- Beat it (beat it, beat it)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary
Exercises
Exercise 1
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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:
"Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear"
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
They'll kick you, then they'll beat you
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So beat it, just beat it
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Just beat it beat it
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
They ? him, "Don't you ever come around here"
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
You ? run, you better do what you can
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Showin' how ? and strong is your fight
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
They'll ? you, then they'll beat you
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
It doesn't ? who's wrong or right
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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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 "funky" in the whole song?
"funky"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "fight" in the whole song?
"fight"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- "Don't wanna see your face, you better disappear"
- Beat it (beat it), beat it (beat it)
- Then they'll tell you it's fair
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- No one wants to be defeated (no one)
- Showin' how funky and strong is your fight
- So beat it, just beat it
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Beat It" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Michael Jackson one question about "Beat It", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "Beat It" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→wanna→doesn't→who's→they're→you're→
Exercise 30
Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.
- beat it→
- funky→
- fight→
- afraid→