Little Red Corvette
Prince · 1982
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Little Red Corvette
- Baby, you're much too fast (Oh, oh)
- Little Red Corvette
- You need a love that's gonna last
Echo the hook
- Ooh ooh ooh
- Ooh ooh ooh
- A body like yours
- Oughta be in jail
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 guess I should've known
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I guess I must be dumb
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And honey, I say
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You need a love that's gonna last
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Believe it or not, I started to worry
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? I should've known
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
And ? I say
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Believe it or not, I ? to worry
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Now, ? over, baby
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Need to find a love ? gonna last
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 "little" in the whole song?
"little"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "corvette" in the whole song?
"corvette"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I guess I should've known
- Need to find a love that's gonna last
- Ooh ooh ooh
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- By the way you parked your car sideways
- Honey, you got to slow down
- Little Red Corvette
Exercise 26
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Little Red Corvette", what would happen instead?
Exercise 27
Describe the mood of "Little Red Corvette" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 28
Who in your life would you dedicate "Little Red Corvette" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
wouldn't→you're→that's→gonna→it's→i'm→
Exercise 30
"Little Red Corvette" was released in 1982. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.