Fell in Love with a Girl
The White Stripes · 2001
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Can't think of anything to do, yeah
- My left brain knows that all my love is fleeting
- She's just looking for something new, yeah
- Said it once before but it bears repeating now
Echo the hook
- Fell in love with a girl
- I fell in love once and almost completely
- She's in love with the world
- But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading
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:
I fell in love once and almost completely
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She turns and says, "Are you alright?"
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She's just looking for something new, well
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Red hair with a curl
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? in love once and almost completely
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
"Come and ? me by the riverside, yeah"
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Can't ? away from the girl
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Can't think of ? to do, yeah
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I fell in love once and ? completely
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 "she's" in the whole song?
"she's"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "fell" in the whole song?
"fell"
Exercise 24
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- But sometimes these feelings can be so misleading
- Can't think of anything to do, yeah
- I fell in love once and almost completely
Exercise 25
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 26
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 27
"Fell in Love with a Girl" was released in 2001. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
she's→it's→don't→can't→
Exercise 29
If you had to summarize "Fell in Love with a Girl" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 30
Compare "Fell in Love with a Girl" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?