Hit Me Baby One More Time
Britney Spears · 1998
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Hit me, baby, one more time
- Oh, baby, baby, the reason I breathe is you (oh, yeah)
- Boy, you got me blinded
- Oh, pretty baby, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
Echo the hook
- Oh, baby, baby
- Oh, baby, baby
- Oh, baby, baby, how was I supposed to know
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
Fill the blank in this line:
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:
And now you're out of sight, yeah
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
My loneliness is killin' me and I
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Boy, you got me blinded
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Don't you know I still believe
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That something wasn't right here?
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? baby, how was I supposed to know
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Oh, baby, baby, I ? have let you go
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
My ? is killin' me (and I)
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? baby, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
My loneliness is ? me (and I)
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "baby" in the whole song?
"baby"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "believe" in the whole song?
"believe"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Hit me, baby, one more time
- Oh, baby, baby
- Oh, baby, baby (oh-oh)
Exercise 25
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
If you could ask Britney Spears one question about "Hit Me Baby One More Time", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Hit Me Baby One More Time" 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:
wasn't→shouldn't→you're→i'm→there's→wouldn't→
Exercise 29
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Hit Me Baby One More Time", what would happen instead?
Exercise 30
"Hit Me Baby One More Time" was released in 1998. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.