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Cheap Thrills

Sia · 2015

Cheap Thrills by Sia (2015) — 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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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • (I love cheap thrills)
  • Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight
  • (I love cheap thrills)
  • But I don't need no money

Echo the hook

  • It's Saturday, and it won't be long
  • Gotta paint my nails, put my high heels on
  • It's Saturday, and it won't be long
  • 'Til I hit the dance floor, hit the dance floor

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Come on, come on, turn theon

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

It'snight, and it won't be long

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Gotta do my hair, put myon

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

It's Fridayand it won't be long

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

(I lovethrills)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

It'sand it won't be long

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I got all I need

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I love cheap thrills

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As long as I can feel the beat

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As long as I keep dancing

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's Friday night, and it won't be long

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Come on, come on, ? the radio on

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It's Friday ? and it won't be long

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But I ? need no money

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

As long as I ? dancing

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Gotta ? my nails, put my high heels on

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 "need" in the whole song?

"need"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

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

  • As long as I can feel the beat
  • Come on, come on, turn the radio on
  • It's Saturday, and it won't be long

Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's
  • won't
  • gotta
  • don't

Exercise 29

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

needdon'tlongcheap

Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Cheap Thrills" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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