Ladies' Night
Kool & the Gang · 1979
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Everything's gonna be alright
- This is your night tonight
- Everything's gonna be alright
- This is your night tonight
Echo the hook
- Oh, yes, it's ladies' night
- And the feeling's right
- Oh, yes, it's ladies' night
- Oh, what a night (Oh, what a night)
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:
You can fulfill all your dreams
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You dance, you smile, the guys go wild
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Mmm, oh yeah
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, yes, it's ladies' night
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, what a night Oh, what a night
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Oh, yes, it's ? night
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
A night ? special everywhere
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
You can ? all your dreams
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
You ? you smile, the guys go wild
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
If you ? any noise, it ain't the boys
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 "night" in the whole song?
"night"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "tonight" in the whole song?
"tonight"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Everything's gonna be alright
- Mm, sophisticated mama
- Mmm, oh yeah
Exercise 25
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Ladies' Night", what would happen instead?
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Ladies' Night" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Ladies' Night" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→that's→you've→let's→gonna→
Exercise 29
"Ladies' Night" was released in 1979. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 30
If you could ask Kool & the Gang one question about "Ladies' Night", what would it be and why?