(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones · 1965
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Sing with the chorus
- I can't get no satisfaction
- I can't get no satisfaction
- 'Cause I try, and I try, and I try, and I try
- I can't get no, I can't get no
Sing it again — final chorus
- I can't get no satisfaction
- No satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction
- I can't get no
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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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:
I can't get no satisfaction
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When I'm drivin' in my car
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I can't get no, oh, no, no, no
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When I'm watchin' my T. V.
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When I'm ridin' round the world
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? get no satisfaction
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
He's ? me more and more
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Hey, hey, hey, ? what I say
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
The ? cigarettes as me
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And I'm ? this and I'm signing that
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "can't" in the whole song?
"can't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "satisfaction" in the whole song?
"satisfaction"
Exercise 24
If you had to summarize "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 25
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
If you could ask The Rolling Stones one question about "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→i'm→he's→that's→doesn't→
Exercise 28
Compare "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 29
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", what would happen instead?