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Rikki Don't Lose That Number

Steely Dan · 1974

Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan (1974) — 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

  • Rikki don't lose that number
  • You don't wanna call nobody else
  • Send it off in a letter to yourself

Echo the hook

  • When you get home
  • I have a friend in town
  • He's heard your name
  • We can go out driving on
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

We hearleavin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Iyou kind of scared yourself

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You don'tcall nobody else

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Youuse it if you feel better

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

He'syour name

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

We could stayand play games

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We hear you're leavin'

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I guessed you kind of scared yourself

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But if you have a change of heart

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's the only one you own

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you get home

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

We ? you're leavin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

You ? and run

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Send it off in a ? to yourself

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

He's ? your name

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You might use it if you ? better

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 "rikki" in the whole song?

"rikki"

Exercise 24

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

  • I have a friend in town
  • We hear you're leavin'
  • When you get home

Exercise 25

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" was released in 1974. 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 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

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 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • that's→
  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • it's→
  • he's→

Exercise 29

If you could ask Steely Dan one question about "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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