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A1.2·funk·4:59

Play That Funky Music

Wild Cherry · 1976

Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry (1976) — 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

  • "Play that funky music, white boy
  • Play that funky music right
  • Play that funky music, white boy
  • Lay down the boogie and play that funky music 'til you die" (heh, heh)

Echo the hook

  • Play that funky music right, yeah
  • Play that funky music, white boy
  • Play that funky music right, yeah
  • Play that funky music (white boy)
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Hey, once I was asinger

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

It got toto feeling so low

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Andto the grooving

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Play that funky music,boy

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Play that funky musicoh

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

II'd have to leave it behind, uh

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hey, once I was a boogie singer

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I decided quickly, yes, I did, heh

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Til you die, yeah, uh

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

To not see I was the one behind?

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Til you die yeah

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Hey, once I was a ? singer

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

It got to ? to feeling so low

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

"Play that ? music, white boy

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So still I ? on fighting

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? were getting shaky (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 "funky" in the whole song?

"funky"

Exercise 23

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

"play"

Exercise 24

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

  • Hey, do it now, huh
  • Well, I tried to understand this (yeah)
  • When they were dancing and singing

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Til you die (yeah)
  • Hey, once I was a boogie singer
  • Play that funky music, white boy

Exercise 26

"Play That Funky Music" was released in 1976. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Play That Funky Music" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

funkyplaymusicwhite

Exercise 28

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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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna→
  • wasn't→
  • i'd→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • i'll→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Wild Cherry one question about "Play That Funky Music", what would it be and why?

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