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A2.1·rock · pop·3:39

Good Vibrations

The Beach Boys · 1966

Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys (1966) — 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

  • Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations
  • A happenin' with her
  • Gotta keep those lovin' good vibrations
  • A happenin' with her

Echo the hook

  • I'm pickin' up good vibrations
  • She's giving me the excitations
  • I'm pickin' up good vibrations (ooh bop, bop, good vibrations)
  • She's giving me the excitations (ooh bop, bop, excitations)

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I, I love theclothes she wears

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I hear theof a gentle word

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

She'sme the excitations

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

She'scloser now

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

She goes with me to aworld

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Gotta keeplovin' good vibrations

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I, I love the colorful clothes she wears

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm pickin' up good vibrations

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's somehow closer now

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I look in her eyes

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Close my eyes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I, I love the ? clothes she wears

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? up good vibrations

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

She's ? closer now

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'm pickin' up ? vibrations

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

A ? with her

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 "good" in the whole song?

"good"

Exercise 23

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

"vibrations"

Exercise 24

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

  • (Ah, my, my, what elations)
  • I, I love the colorful clothes she wears
  • Softly smile, I know she must be kind

Exercise 25

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

goodvibrationsshe'sgiving

Exercise 26

"Good Vibrations" was released in 1966. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

goodvibrationsshe'sgiving

Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Good Vibrations" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

goodvibrationsshe'sgiving

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • she's
  • don't
  • gotta

Exercise 29

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Good Vibrations" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

goodvibrationsshe'sgiving

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Good Vibrations", what would happen instead?

goodvibrationsshe'sgiving