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Big Girls Don't Cry

Fergie · 2006

Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie (2006) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Don't cry
  • Don't cry
  • Don't cry
  • The path that I'm walking I must go alone

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Don't cry
  • Don't cry
  • Don't cry
  • La, da, da, da, da, da
don'tit'shope

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof your skin lingers on me now

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Be withand center clarity, peace, serenity

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

It'smyself and I

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

The path that I'mI must go alone

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

And Ithe dark ahead if I stay

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

We'll playand uno cards

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hope you know, I hope you know

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's personal, myself and I

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We'll play jacks and uno cards

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

La, da, da, da

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's time to be a big girl now

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

The ? of your skin lingers on me now

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? you know, I hope you know

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

It's ? to be a big girl now

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Fairytales ? always have a happy ending, do they?

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Like the ? school mate in the school yard

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 "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 24

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

  • But it's time for me to go home
  • I hope you know, I hope you know
  • La, da, da, da

Exercise 25

If you could ask Fergie one question about "Big Girls Don't Cry", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Big Girls Don't Cry" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

don'tit'shopeknow

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Big Girls Don't Cry" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

don'tit'shopeknow

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • it's→
  • we've→
  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • i've→

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "Big Girls Don't Cry" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

don'tit'shopeknow

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Big Girls Don't Cry" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

don'tit'shopeknow