Just a Girl
No Doubt · 1995
🎤 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
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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'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:
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 "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?
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.
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?
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.