Poker Face
Lady Gaga · 2008
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Can't read my, can't read my
- No, he can't read my poker face
- (She's got me like nobody)
- Can't read my, can't read my
Sing it again — final chorus
- Can't read my, can't read my
- No, he can't read my poker face
- (She's got me like nobody)
- Can't read my, can't read my
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:
No, he can't read my poker face
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
'Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I promise this, promise this
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, whoa, oh, oh
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
P-p-p-poker face, f-f-fuck her face mum-mum-mum-mah
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Oh, ? oh, oh
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
No, he ? read my poker face
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
P-p-p-poker face, ? her face (mum-mum-mum-mah)
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I'm not ? I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunnin'
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I ? this, promise this
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 "can't" in the whole song?
"can't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "read" in the whole song?
"read"
Exercise 24
If you could ask Lady Gaga one question about "Poker Face", what would it be and why?
Exercise 25
Rewrite the chorus of "Poker Face" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Poker Face" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→he's→i'll→that's→can't→she's→
Exercise 28
Describe the mood of "Poker Face" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 29
Imagine you are making a short film with "Poker Face" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Poker Face" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?