Dear Future Husband
Meghan Trainor · 2015
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Sing with the chorus
- Dear future husband
- Here's a few things you need to know if
- You wanna be my one and only all my life
Echo the hook
- Even when I'm acting crazy
- Tell me everything's alright
- Dear future husband
- Here's a few things you'll need to know if
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:
Buying groceries, buy, buying what you need
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If you wanna get that special lovin'
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Dear future husband
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Tell me everything's alright
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Why disagree? Why, why disagree?
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Here's a few ? you need to know if
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Buying ? buy, buying what you need
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Here's a few things ? need to know if
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Why ? Why, why disagree?
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Make ? for me, don't leave me lonely
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 "future" in the whole song?
"future"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "husband" in the whole song?
"husband"
Exercise 24
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And don't forget the flowers every anniversary
- Make time for me, don't leave me lonely
- Why disagree? Why, why disagree?
Exercise 25
Rewrite the chorus of "Dear Future Husband" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Dear Future Husband" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Dear Future Husband" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→don't→you'll→i'll→gotta→i'm→
Exercise 29
Who in your life would you dedicate "Dear Future Husband" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 30
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.