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Hollaback Girl

Gwen Stefani · 2005

Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani (2005) — 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

  • 'Cause I ain't no hollaback girl
  • I ain't no hollaback girl
  • A few times I've been around that track
  • So it's not just gonna happen like that

Echo the hook

  • Getting everybody fired up
  • So I'm ready to attack, gonna lead the pack
  • Gonna get a touchdown, gonna take you out
  • That's right, put your pom-poms downs
shitain'thollaback

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

All thestomp your feet like this

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

So it's not justhappen like that

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Ithat you were talking shit

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Gettingfired up

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Gonna get agonna take you out

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Soright dude, meet me at the bleachers

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

A few times I've been around that track

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I ain't no hollaback girl

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

People hear you talking like that

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Few times I've been around that track

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All the girls stomp your feet like this

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

All the ? stomp your feet like this

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I ? no hollaback girl

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? that you were talking shit

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So I'm ? to attack, gonna lead the pack

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

So ? right dude, meet me at the bleachers

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 "shit" in the whole song?

"shit"

Exercise 23

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

"ain't"

Exercise 24

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

  • A few times I've been around that track
  • I ain't no hollaback girl
  • Uh huh, this my shit

Exercise 25

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

  • All the girls stomp your feet like this
  • Ooh, ooh, this my shit, this my shit
  • This shit is bananas

Exercise 26

"Hollaback Girl" was released in 2005. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

shitain'thollabackgirl

Exercise 27

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

shitain'thollabackgirl

Exercise 28

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

shitain'thollabackgirl

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • it's→
  • gonna→
  • didn't→
  • i'm→
  • that's→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Gwen Stefani one question about "Hollaback Girl", what would it be and why?

shitain'thollabackgirl