On the Floor
Jennifer Lopez · 2011
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Dance the night away
- Live your life and stay young on the floor
- Dance the night away
- Grab somebody, drink a little more
Sing the opening verse
- It's a new generation of party people
- Get 'em up, yeah
- If you go hard, you gotta get on the floor
- If you're a party freak, then step on the floor
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:
Yeah, we work on the floor
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It's a new generation of party people
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Break a sweat on the floor
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Grab somebody, drink a little more
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
It's a new ? of party people
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Don't ? keep it moving, put your drinks up
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Straight to LA, New ? Vegas to Africa
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Steal it ? on the floor, on the floor
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Brazil, Morocco, ? to Ibiza
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 "floor" in the whole song?
"floor"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "tonight" in the whole song?
"tonight"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Break it off
- It's a new generation of party people
- Tonight we gon' be it on the floor
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Dance the night away
- Get 'em up, yeah
- Wreck the dancehall
Exercise 26
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 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
"On the Floor" was released in 2011. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→gotta→you're→don't→we're→we'll→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "On the Floor" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?