Last Nite
The Strokes · 2001
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Last night she said
- "Oh, baby, I feel so down"
- "Oh, it turn' me off when I feel left out"
- So I, I turned 'round
Sing it again — final chorus
- Last night she said
- "Oh, baby, don't feel so down"
- "Oh, it turn' me off when I feel left out"
- So I, I turned 'round
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:
Last night she said
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So I, I turned 'round
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And see, people, they don't understand
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Your grandsons, they won't understand
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
No, girlfriends, they don't understand
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Last ? she said
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
So I, I ? 'round
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
And see, ? they don't understand
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
On top of this, I ? ever gonna understand
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
In ? they won't understand
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 "understand" in the whole song?
"understand"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "feel" in the whole song?
"feel"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Last night she said
- Oh, people, they don't understand
- Your girlfriends, they can't understand
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- "Oh, baby, I feel so down"
- And me, I ain't ever gonna understand
- So I, I turned 'round
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Last Nite" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Last Nite" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
If you could ask The Strokes one question about "Last Nite", what would it be and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→i'm→i've→can't→won't→gonna→
Exercise 30
Compare "Last Nite" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?