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Only Girl (In the World)

Rihanna · 2010

Only Girl (In the World) by Rihanna (2010) — 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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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Only girl in the world
  • Like I'm the only one that's in command
  • 'Cause I'm the only one who understands
  • How to make you feel like a man, yeah

Echo the hook

  • Only one
  • Want you to take it (uh)
  • Like a thief in the night (uh)
  • Hold me like a pillow

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Beof me (uh)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause it's gon' be me and you(yeah)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Like I'm the only one thatever love

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Like I'm the only onein command

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Make me feel(uh)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And when youyou ain't leaving

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want you to love me

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Doing what you like

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Like I'm the only one that's in command

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Want you to take it uh

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And when you enter, you ain't leaving

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? you to love me

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause it's gon' be me and you ? (yeah)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Only ? in the world

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Like a ? in the night (uh)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Be my ? for the night, oh

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 "world" in the whole song?

"world"

Exercise 23

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

"girl"

Exercise 24

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

  • Hold me like a pillow
  • La-la-la-la (uh, yeah)
  • Take me for a ride, ride

Exercise 25

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

  • I want you to love me
  • Like I'm the only one that's in command
  • Make it last all night

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.

worldgirlfeelwant

Exercise 27

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

worldgirlfeelwant

Exercise 28

"Only Girl (In the World)" was released in 2010. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

worldgirlfeelwant

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • it's
  • wanna
  • you'll
  • that's
  • i'll

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Only Girl (In the World)" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

worldgirlfeelwant