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A2.1·rock · pop·4:23

Don't Speak

No Doubt · 1996

Don't Speak by No Doubt (1996) — 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

  • Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
  • Don't speak, I know what you're thinkin'
  • I don't need your reasons
  • Don't tell me 'cause it hurts

Echo the hook

  • Hush, hush, darling
  • Hush, hush, darling
  • Hush, hush
  • Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
don'thushyou're

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Every dayalways

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I can'tthis could be the end

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Don'tI know just what you're sayin'

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't tell meit hurts

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Ourwell, they can be inviting

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't tell me 'cause itno, no, no

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You and me, we used to be together

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It looks as though you're lettin' go

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't speak, I know what you're thinkin'

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Our memories, well, they can be inviting

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I don't need your reasons

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You and me, we ? to be together

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It looks as ? you're lettin' go

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Don't speak, I ? what you're thinkin'

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

As we die, ? you and I

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I don't ? your reasons

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 "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

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

"hush"

Exercise 24

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

  • And I don't need your reasons
  • Don't speak, no
  • You and me, we used to be together

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Every day together, always
  • I know you're real good, oh
  • So please stop explainin'

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Don't Speak" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

don'thushyou'reknow

Exercise 27

If you could ask No Doubt one question about "Don't Speak", what would it be and why?

don'thushyou'reknow

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Don't Speak" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

don'thushyou'reknow

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • can't→
  • you're→
  • it's→
  • don't→
  • gotta→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Don't Speak", what would happen instead?

don'thushyou'reknow