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A2.1·rock·3:28

Just a Girl

No Doubt · 1995

Just a Girl by No Doubt (1995) — 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

  • Oh, I've had it up to here
  • The moment that I step outside
  • So many reasons for me to run and hide
  • I can't do the little things I hold so dear

Echo the hook

  • Oh, I've had it up to
  • Oh, I've had it up to
  • Oh, I've had it up to here

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Take this pinkoff my eyes

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Thisis forcing me to hold your hand

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

So manyfor me to run and hide

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause they all sit andwith their eyes

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

That's all thatlet me be

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

What I'veto is making me numb

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm exposed and it's no big surprise

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The moment that I step outside

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm just a girl

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That's all that you'll let me be

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Take this ? ribbon off my eyes

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I'm just a ? a little 'ol me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Cause it's all ? little things that I fear

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Just your ? prototype

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Oh, I'm just a girl, ? my destiny?

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 "girl" in the whole song?

"girl"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "i've" in the whole song?

"i've"

Exercise 24

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

  • Oh, I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
  • Oh, I've had it up to here
  • Take this pink ribbon off my eyes

Exercise 25

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

  • I'm exposed and it's no big surprise
  • I'm just a girl in the world
  • What I've succumbed to is making me numb

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

"Just a Girl" was released in 1995. 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 28

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

girli'vecausedon't

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • it's
  • don't
  • i've
  • can't
  • i'd

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Just a Girl" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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