Le Freak
Chic · 1978
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Ah, freak out!
- Le freak, c'est chic
- Freak out!
- Ah, freak out!
Echo the hook
- All that pressure got you down
- Has your head been spinning all around?
- Feel the rhythm, check the rhyme
- Come on along and have a real good time
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:
Have you heard about the new dance craze?
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Young and old are doing it, I'm told
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
All that pressure got you down
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I said freak
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Le freak, c'est chic
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Le ? c'est chic
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Listen to us, I'm ? you'll be amazed
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
All that ? got you down
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Come on ? and have a real good time
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Has your head been ? all around?
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 "freak" in the whole song?
"freak"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "c'est" in the whole song?
"c'est"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Ah, freak out!
- Le freak, c'est chic
- Like the days of Stomping at the Savoy
Exercise 25
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Le Freak", what would happen instead?
Exercise 26
Describe the mood of "Le Freak" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "Le Freak" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→you'll→it's→they're→we'll→
Exercise 29
"Le Freak" was released in 1978. 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 Chic one question about "Le Freak", what would it be and why?