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Dear Future Husband

Meghan Trainor · 2015

Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor (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

  • 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

Fill the blank in this line:

Here's a fewyou need to know if

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And don'tthe flowers every anniversary

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Tell mealright

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

If youget that special lovin'

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

WhyWhy, why disagree?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Make time for me, don'tme lonely

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:

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 "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).

futurehusbandknowdear

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Dear Future Husband" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

futurehusbandknowdear

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.

futurehusbandknowdear

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?

futurehusbandknowdear

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.

futurehusbandknowdear