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Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Cyndi Lauper · 1983

Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper (1983) — 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

  • Oh girls, girls just wanna have fun
  • (Just want, they just wanna)
  • They just wanna, they just wanna (girls)
  • They just want, they just wanna (girls just wanna have fun)

Echo the hook

  • When the workin' day is done
  • Oh girls, they wanna have fun
  • Oh girls just wanna have fun (girls, they want)
  • (Wanna have fun, girls)
girlswantworkin'

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I come home, in thelight

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ohdear, we're not the fortunate ones

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh girls justhave fun

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Therings, in the middle of the night

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

That's all theywant

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

When theday is done

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I come home, in the mornin' light

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And girls, they wanna have fun

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That's all they really want

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They just want, they just wanna girls

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

They just wanna, they just wanna girls

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I come ? in the mornin' light

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? they wanna have fun

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? rings, in the middle of the night

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

That's all they ? want

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Some ? take a beautiful girl

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 "girls" in the whole song?

"girls"

Exercise 23

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

"want"

Exercise 24

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

  • (Just want, they just wanna)
  • I come home, in the mornin' light
  • Some boys take a beautiful girl

Exercise 25

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

  • Oh girls, they wanna have fun
  • Oh momma dear, we're not the fortunate ones
  • When the workin' day is done

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

girlswantworkin'done

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

girlswantworkin'done

Exercise 28

Compare "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

girlswantworkin'done

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna→
  • we're→
  • wanna→
  • you're→
  • that's→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

girlswantworkin'done