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A2.1·pop · boy-band·3:33

I Want It That Way

Backstreet Boys · 1999

Contrasting 'tell me why' questions with 'I want it that way' assertion. A2 drill on wh-questions and 'that way' demonstrative.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Tell me why
  • Ain't nothin' but a heartache
  • Tell me why
  • Ain't nothin' but a mistake

Echo the hook

  • You are my fire
  • The one desire
  • Believe when I say
  • I want it that way
way· caminho / jeitoain't· não é / não estáheartache· dor no coração

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

But we are twoapart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Can'tto your heart

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Ain'tbut a heartache

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I neverhear you say

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Now I can see that we'veapart

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Nothe distance, I want you to know

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You are my fire

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want it that way

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you say

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I never wanna hear you say

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yes, I know it's too late

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? it that way

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Can't ? to your heart

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? wanna hear you say

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now I can see that ? fallen apart

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

No ? the distance, I want you to know

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 "ain't" in the whole song?

"ain't"

Exercise 23

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

"heartache"

Exercise 24

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

  • Am I your fire?
  • You are (you are, you are, you are)
  • You are my fire

Exercise 25

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

  • Ain't nothin' but a mistake
  • I never wanna hear you say (oh, yeah)
  • The one desire

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.

wayain'theartachemistake

Exercise 27

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

wayain'theartachemistake

Exercise 28

"I Want It That Way" was released in 1999. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

wayain'theartachemistake

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • wanna→
  • it's→
  • we've→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.

  • way→
  • ain't→
  • heartache→
  • mistake→