Give a Little Bit
Supertramp · 1977
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Give a little bit
- Give a little bit of your love to me
- I'll give a little bit
- I'll give a little bit of my love to you
Echo the hook
- Ooh, yeah, come along too
- Oh come along too
- Come-a come-a come-a come along
- Ooh, yeah come along too
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:
Here we go again
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
There's so much that we need to share
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, take his hand, you'll be surprised
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh yeah, we gotta see
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So give a little bit
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Give a ? bit
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
There's so much that we ? to share
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
See the man with the ? eyes
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
So ? yourself, we're on our way back home
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Ooh, yeah, come ? too
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 "give" in the whole song?
"give"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "little" in the whole song?
"little"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Here we go again
- Oh yeah, we gotta see
- Oh, take his hand, you'll be surprised
Exercise 25
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Give a Little Bit" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
If you could ask Supertramp one question about "Give a Little Bit", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Give a Little Bit" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'll→there's→you'll→we're→don't→gotta→
Exercise 29
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Give a Little Bit", what would happen instead?
Exercise 30
"Give a Little Bit" was released in 1977. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.