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Papa Don't Preach

Madonna · 1986

Papa Don't Preach by Madonna (1986) — 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

  • Papa don't preach
  • I'm in trouble deep
  • Papa don't preach
  • I've been losing sleep

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Papa don't preach
  • I've been losing sleep
  • But I made up my mind
  • I'm keeping my baby, hmm
don'tpapapreach

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Papa I knowgoing to be upset

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You alwaysme right from wrong

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

We're in anmess

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mmy baby, hmm

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

We cana little family

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Just how good he's beenme

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Papa I know you're going to be upset

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you should know by now

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You always taught me right from wrong

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I may be young at heart

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The one you warned me all about

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Papa I ? you're going to be upset

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I may be ? at heart

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I've been ? sleep

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Maybe ? be all right

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm gonna ? my baby, ooh, 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 "don't" in the whole song?

"don't"

Exercise 23

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

"papa"

Exercise 24

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

  • Papa don't preach
  • Papa I know you're going to be upset
  • We can raise a little family

Exercise 25

Rewrite the chorus of "Papa Don't Preach" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Papa Don't Preach" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Papa Don't Preach" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • i'm→
  • we're→
  • don't→
  • i've→
  • gonna→

Exercise 29

Who in your life would you dedicate "Papa Don't Preach" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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