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California Girls

The Beach Boys · 1965

California Girls by The Beach Boys (1965) — 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

  • I wish they all could be California
  • I wish they all could be California
  • I wish they all could be California girls

Sing the opening verse

  • Well, East Coast girls are hip
  • I really dig those styles they wear
  • And the Southern girls, with the way they talk
  • They knock me out when I'm down there
girlswishcalifornia

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, Eastgirls are hip

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And thegirls, with the way they talk

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And thegirls, with the way they kiss

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I wish they all could begirls

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I dig abikini on Hawaiian island dolls

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And I seen allof girls

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I really dig those styles they wear

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They keep their boyfriends warm at night

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wish they all could be California girls

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I seen all kinds of girls

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The West Coast has the sunshine

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Well, ? Coast girls are hip

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

They ? me out when I'm down there

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? they all could be California

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And the ? all get so tanned

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I been all around this ? big world

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 "girls" in the whole song?

"girls"

Exercise 23

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

"wish"

Exercise 24

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

  • I been all around this great big world
  • I wish they all could be California
  • Well, East Coast girls are hip

Exercise 25

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

  • And the girls all get so tanned
  • Back to the cutest girls in the world
  • I really dig those styles they wear

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "California Girls" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

girlswishcaliforniacoast

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "California Girls" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

girlswishcaliforniacoast

Exercise 28

Compare "California Girls" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

girlswishcaliforniacoast

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • couldn't→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "California Girls" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

girlswishcaliforniacoast