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Happy

Pharrell Williams · 2013

Happy by Pharrell Williams (2013) — 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

  • Because I'm happy
  • Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
  • Because I'm happy
  • Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth

Echo the hook

  • (Happy)
  • Bring me down
  • Can't nothing (happy)
  • Bring me down
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Itseem crazy what I'm about to say

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Here come bad newsthis and that (yeah)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Noto you, don't waste your time

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Mytoo high (happy)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Tome down

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Let me tell you now

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Sunshine she's here, you can take a break

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No offense to you, don't waste your time

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Can't nothing happy

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To bring me down

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

Let me ? you now

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It ? seem crazy what I'm about to say

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Sunshine ? here, you can take a break

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

No ? to you, don't waste your time

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

My ? too high (happy)

Exercise 16

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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

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

"happy"

Exercise 21

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

"because"

Exercise 22

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

  • Because I'm happy
  • Bring me down
  • Let me tell you now

Exercise 23

"Happy" was released in 2013. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 24

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

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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.

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Exercise 26

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • she's→
  • don't→
  • that's→
  • wanna→
  • you'll→

Exercise 27

If you could ask Pharrell Williams one question about "Happy", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "Happy" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

Rewrite the chorus of "Happy" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Happy" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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