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Dance to the Music

Sly and the Family Stone · 1967

Dance to the Music by Sly and the Family Stone (1967) — 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

  • Dance to the music
  • Dance to the music
  • Dance to the music
  • Dance to the music

Sing the opening verse

  • Say, get up- and dance to the music!
  • Get on up- and dance to the music!
  • Dance to the music
  • Dance to the music
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Say, get up- andto the music!

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'madd a little guitar

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Youlike to hear my organ

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Cynthia (yeah),(Go on)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Cynthia on theyeah!

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

(All thego home!) yeah, yeah!

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All we need is a drummer

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm gonna add some bottom

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I said, 'ride, sally ride', now

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dance to the music you do that

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Get on up- and dance to the music!

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Say, get up- and ? to the music!

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

For ? who only need a beat, yeah!

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

So that the ? there just won't hide

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Cynthia ? Jerry! (Go on)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Cynthia and ? got a message, that's sayin'

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 "dance" in the whole song?

"dance"

Exercise 23

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

"music"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm gonna add a little guitar
  • Listen to me
  • Say, get up- and dance to the music!

Exercise 25

Who in your life would you dedicate "Dance to the Music" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 26

Compare "Dance to the Music" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Dance to the Music", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • gonna→
  • won't→
  • that's→

Exercise 29

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Dance to the Music" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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