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If I Ain't Got You

Alicia Keys · 2003

If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys (2003) — 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

  • Some people want it all
  • But I don't want nothing at all
  • If it ain't you, baby
  • If I ain't got you, baby

Sing the opening verse

  • Mmm, mmm, mmm, yeah
  • Some people live for the fortune
  • Some people live just for the fame
  • Some people live for the power, yeah

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Somelive for the fortune

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

That thethings

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Thata bore

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Some people wantrings

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Some peoplefor a fountain

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

On aplatter

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I've been there before

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If it ain't you, baby

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If I ain't got you, yeah

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If I ain't got you with me, baby

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Some people live for the fortune

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Some ? live for the fortune

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

That the ? things

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Some people ? it all

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

But ? means nothing

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And what ? would it be?

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 "people" in the whole song?

"people"

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:

  • If I ain't got you, baby
  • Mmm, mmm, mmm, yeah
  • Some people want diamond rings

Exercise 25

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

  • But everything means nothing
  • Hand me the world
  • Some people live for the fortune

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "If I Ain't Got You" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

peoplewantain'tbaby

Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "If I Ain't Got You" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

peoplewantain'tbaby

Exercise 28

If you could ask Alicia Keys one question about "If I Ain't Got You", what would it be and why?

peoplewantain'tbaby

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • what's
  • i've
  • don't
  • that's

Exercise 30

Compare "If I Ain't Got You" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

peoplewantain'tbaby