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Party in the U.S.A.

Miley Cyrus · 2009

Party in the U.S.A. by Miley Cyrus (2009) — 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

  • Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
  • Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
  • Get to the club in my taxi cab
  • Everybody's looking at me now

Echo the hook

  • And a Britney song was on
  • And a Britney song was on
  • And a Britney song was on
  • So I put my hands up

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ioff the plane at LAX

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Everybodyso famous

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

So I put myup

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Everybody'sat me now

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

II never got the memo

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Feel likeon a flight (on a flight)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I hopped off the plane at LAX

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

My tummy's turnin' and I'm feelin' kinda homesick

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So I put my hands up

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm noddin' my head like, yeah

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She gotta be from out of town"

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? off the plane at LAX

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

That's when the ? man turned on the radio

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I got my hands up, ? playin' my song

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So ? with my girls not around me

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm noddin' my ? like, yeah

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 "song" in the whole song?

"song"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 24

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

  • I hopped off the plane at LAX
  • So I put my hands up
  • Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cause all I see are stilettos
  • They know I'm gonna be okay
  • With a dream and my cardigan

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Party in the U.S.A." in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

songit'spartyhands

Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Party in the U.S.A." to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

songit'spartyhands

Exercise 28

Compare "Party in the U.S.A." with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

songit'spartyhands

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna
  • i'm
  • that's
  • they're
  • it's
  • who's

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Party in the U.S.A." as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

songit'spartyhands