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Kokomo

Beach Boys · 1988

Kokomo by Beach Boys (1988) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
  • Key Largo, Montego
  • Baby, why don't we go?
  • Jamaica

Echo the hook

  • Way down in Kokomo
  • Martinique, that Montserrat mystique
  • We'll put out to sea
  • And we'll perfect our chemistry
kokomowe'lljamaica

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Aruba,ooh, I wanna take ya

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

There's acalled Kokomo

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

We'll bein love

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

We'll getfast

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Abit of gravity

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Give me acontact high

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

That's where you wanna go

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Aruba, Jamaica, ooh, I wanna take you to

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And then we'll take it slow

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We'll put out to sea

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Aruba, ? ooh, I wanna take ya

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

There's a ? called Kokomo

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

To the ? of a steel drum band

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Martinique, that ? mystique

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

That ? look in your eye

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 "kokomo" in the whole song?

"kokomo"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "we'll" in the whole song?

"we'll"

Exercise 24

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

  • A little bit of gravity
  • Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama
  • Port au Prince, I wanna catch a glimpse

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Kokomo" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Kokomo" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

kokomowe'lljamaicaaruba

Exercise 27

Compare "Kokomo" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

kokomowe'lljamaicaaruba

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • wanna→
  • don't→
  • there's→
  • that's→
  • we'll→

Exercise 29

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

kokomowe'lljamaicaaruba

Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Kokomo" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

kokomowe'lljamaicaaruba