Let's Get It On
Marvin Gaye · 1973
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Let's get it on
- Ah, baby, let's get it on
- Let's love, baby
- Let's get it on, sugar
Echo the hook
- Stop beatin' 'round the bush
- Let's get it on
- Let's get it on
- You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
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've been really tryin', baby
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We're all sensitive people
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I love you
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I ain't gonna worry
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I've been ? tryin', baby
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Ah, ? let's get it on
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
And ? yourself to me can never be wrong
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
If you ? in love
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I ? get it on
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 "c'mon" in the whole song?
"c'mon"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "baby" in the whole song?
"baby"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I've been really tryin', baby
- Let's get it on
- Loving you, baby no no
Exercise 25
Who in your life would you dedicate "Let's Get It On" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 26
Compare "Let's Get It On" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 27
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Let's Get It On", what would happen instead?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i've→let's→we're→we've→there's→don't→
Exercise 29
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "Let's Get It On" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?