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Hit Me with Your Best Shot

Pat Benatar · 1980

Hit Me with Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar (1980) — 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

  • Hit me with your best shot
  • Why don't you hit me with your best shot?
  • Hit me with your best shot
  • Fire away

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Hit me with your best shot
  • Why don't you hit me with your best shot?
  • Hit me with your best shot
  • Fire away
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You're a realcookie with a long history

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oflittle hearts like the one in me

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Put up yourlet's get down to it

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I getback up on my feet again

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You're a real toughwith a long history

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Of breakinghearts like the one in me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That's OK, let's see how you do it

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You come on with the "come on"

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hit me with your best shot

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Knock me down, it's all in vain

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Come on! Hit me with your best shot

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You're a ? tough cookie with a long history

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

That's OK, ? see how you do it

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Hit me with your ? shot

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I get ? back up on my feet again

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Of breaking ? hearts like the one in me

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 "best" in the whole song?

"best"

Exercise 21

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

"shot"

Exercise 22

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

  • Come on! Hit me with your best shot
  • Knock me down, it's all in vain
  • That's OK, let's see how you do it

Exercise 23

If you could ask Pat Benatar one question about "Hit Me with Your Best Shot", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 24

Rewrite the chorus of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 25

If you had to summarize "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 26

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • that's→
  • let's→
  • don't→
  • it's→

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 29

Who in your life would you dedicate "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 30

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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