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Hit the Road Jack

Ray Charles · 1961

Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles (1961) — 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

  • What you say?
  • Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
  • No more, no more, no more, no more
  • Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more

Sing it again — final chorus

  • What you say?
  • Hit the road Jack and don't you come back
  • No more, no more, no more, no more
  • Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more
don'troadjack

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Oldold woman, don't treat me so mean

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You're theold woman that I've ever seen

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Iif you said so

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

(Don't care if you doit's understood)

Exercise 5

Translate this line to Portuguese:

What you say?

Exercise 6

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I guess if you said so

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Don't care if you do 'cause it's understood

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well, I guess if you say so

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Well don't you come back no more

Exercise 10

Choose the missing word:

Hit the ? Jack and don't you come back

Exercise 11

Choose the missing word:

Hit the road ? and don't you come back

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You're the ? old woman that I've ever seen

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? if you said so

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I'll be back on my ? some day

Exercise 15

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

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

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 19

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

"road"

Exercise 20

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

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Exercise 21

Who in your life would you dedicate "Hit the Road Jack" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

don'troadjackwoman

Exercise 22

Compare "Hit the Road Jack" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 23

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • you're→
  • i've→
  • i'll→
  • that's→
  • it's→

Exercise 24

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

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Exercise 25

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

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Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

don'troadjackwoman

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Hit the Road Jack" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

don'troadjackwoman

Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

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

don'troadjackwoman

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Hit the Road Jack", what would happen instead?

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