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No Scrubs

TLC · 1999

No Scrubs by TLC (1999) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Trying to holla at me
  • I don't want no scrub
  • A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
  • Hangin' out the passenger side of his best friend's ride

Echo the hook

  • Oh yes son, I'm talking to you
  • If you live at home wit' your momma
  • Oh yes son, I'm talking to you
  • If you have a shorty that you don't show love
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ais a guy that thinks he's fine

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And is, alsoas a busta

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And just sits on hisass

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Trying toat me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Can't get wit' aass

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

If you don't have a car andwalking

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Always talkin' about what he wants

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

No, I don't want to meet you nowhere

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't want no scrub

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh yes son, I'm talking to you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh no, I don't want no

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

A ? is a guy that thinks he's fine

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And just ? on his broke ass

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

No, I don't want to ? you nowhere

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And I ? that he cannot approach me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If you don't have a car and ? walking

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "scrub" in the whole song?

"scrub"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • And is, also known as a busta
  • No, don't want none of your time
  • No, I don't want no scrub

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Always talkin' about what he wants
  • I don't want no scrub
  • If you live at home wit' your momma

Exercise 26

Compare "No Scrubs" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "No Scrubs", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "No Scrubs" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • he's→
  • don't→
  • can't→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • wanna→

Exercise 30

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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