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A1.2·pop · soul·4:16

I Want You Back

The Jackson 5 · 1969

I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 (1969) — 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

(I want you back)
Yes I do now
(I want you back)
Ooh ooh baby

Echo the hook

Let me tell ya now
Uh-huh
(Mmhhmmm)
When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around

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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Won't youlet me back in your heart

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

OhI was blind to let you go

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

But nowI see you in his arms

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Following the girl Ieven want around

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh darlin', I wasto let you go

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Forget whatthen

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To show you that I love you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want you back

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Following the girl I didn't even want around

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All I need

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh baby, I need one more chance, hah

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Let me ? ya now

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

(To ? you that I love you)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

But now ? I see you in his arms

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Following the ? I didn't even want around

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Forget what ? then

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 "baby" in the whole song?

"baby"

Exercise 23

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

"want"

Exercise 24

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

(I want you back)
LUh-huh huh huhhh
Na na na na

Exercise 25

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

All I need
And let me live again!
Let me tell ya now

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.

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

"I Want You Back" was released in 1969. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

didn't→
it's→
won't→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "I Want You Back" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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