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A2.1·hip-hop · pop·3:49

Hey Ya!

Outkast · 2003

Hey Ya! by Outkast (2003) — 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

  • Hey ya! (Uh-oh)
  • Hey ya! (Uh-oh)
  • Don't want to meet your daddy
  • Hey ya! (Uh-oh)

Echo the hook

  • Hey ya!
  • Hey ya!
  • Hey ya!
  • Hey ya!
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

One, two,uh!

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't try tothe feeling

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Butalways better when there's feelings involved

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Just want to make you(uh-oh)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Okay, now(yeah?)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Shake it like apicture! Hey ya!

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Because she loves me so

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But does she really wanna

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You think you've got it

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We get together

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If what they say is

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

One, two, ? uh!

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Don't try to ? the feeling

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Then what ? then what makes

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm just being ? (uh-oh)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Shake it, ? it, shake it, sh-shake it (uh-oh)

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 "shake" in the whole song?

"shake"

Exercise 23

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

"alright"

Exercise 24

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

  • Okay, now ladies (yeah?)
  • One, two, three, uh!
  • So why, oh, why, oh

Exercise 25

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

  • Hey ya! (Uh-oh)
  • My baby don't mess around
  • Shake it, sh-shake it, shake it, sh-shake it

Exercise 26

If you could ask Outkast one question about "Hey Ya!", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Hey Ya!" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • can't→
  • you've→
  • there's→
  • we're→

Exercise 30

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

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