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Say My Name

Destiny's Child · 1999

Say My Name by Destiny's Child (1999) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Say my name, say my name
  • If no one is around you, say, "Baby I love you"
  • If you ain't runnin' game
  • Say my name, say my name

Echo the hook

  • 'Cause I know how you usually do
  • When you sayin' everything to me times two
  • Why can't you just tell the truth?
  • If somebody's there then tell me who
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

If you ain'tgame

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You acting kind ofain't callin' me baby

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Something's goin' downthe way it seems

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

When you sayin'to me times two

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I know you sayin' that I'mthings

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

If somebody'stell me who

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you ain't runnin' game

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Shouldn't be no reason, why you're acting strange?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I know how you usually do

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Why can't you just tell the truth?

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can't hear ya

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Say my ? say my name

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Any ? day I would call, you would say

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Cause I know how you ? do

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I know you sayin' that I'm ? things

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If somebody's ? tell me who

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 "name" in the whole song?

"name"

Exercise 23

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

"baby"

Exercise 24

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

  • Betta say my name
  • Say my name, say my name
  • Uh, uh, uh

Exercise 25

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

  • 'Cause I know how you usually do
  • If you ain't runnin' game
  • Why the sudden change?

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Say My Name" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

namebabyain'tacting

Exercise 27

If you could ask Destiny's Child one question about "Say My Name", what would it be and why?

namebabyain'tacting

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Say My Name" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

namebabyain'tacting

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • that's→
  • shouldn't→
  • you're→
  • can't→

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Say My Name", what would happen instead?

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