Celebration
Kool & the Gang · 1980
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Celebrate good times, come on
- It's a celebration
- Celebrate good times, come on
- Let's celebrate
Echo the hook
- Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
- Celebrate good times, come on (Let's celebrate)
- There's a party goin' on right here
- A celebration to last throughout the years
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
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:
We gonna celebrate your party with you
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Yahoo! This is your celebration
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
There's a party goin' on right here
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Celebrate ? times, come on (Let's celebrate)
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
A ? to last throughout the years
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Let's all ? and have a good time
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
There's a party ? on right here
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Let's celebrate, it's all ? baby
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
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "celebrate" in the whole song?
"celebrate"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "good" in the whole song?
"good"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Celebrate good times, come on
- Let's celebrate, come on now
- Yahoo! This is your celebration
Exercise 25
Describe the mood of "Celebration" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Celebration" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Celebration" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
let's→there's→gonna→it's→what's→we're→
Exercise 29
Imagine you are making a short film with "Celebration" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Celebration" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).