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SexyBack

Justin Timberlake · 2006

SexyBack by Justin Timberlake (2006) — 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

  • I'm bringing sexy back (yeah)
  • Them other boys don't know how to act (yeah)
  • I think you're special, what's behind your back? (Yeah)
  • So turn around and I'll pick up the slack (yeah)

Echo the hook

  • V.I.P. (go 'head, be gone with it)
  • Drinks on me (go 'head, be gone with it)
  • Let me see what you're twerking with (go 'head, be gone with it)
  • Look at those hips (go 'head, be gone with it)
headgonesexy

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'msexy back (yeah)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Themboys don't know how to act (yeah)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You seeshackles, baby, I'm your slave (uh-huh)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'll let you whip me if I(uh-huh)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You see thesebaby, I'm your slave (uh-huh)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Youwatch how I attack (yeah)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm bringing sexy back yeah

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

V.I.P. go 'head, be gone with it

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You ready? Yes

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Dirty babe uh-huh

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Get your sexy on

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? sexy back (yeah)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? you're special, what's behind your back? (Yeah)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Come here, ? (go 'head, be gone with it)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Drinks on me (go 'head, be ? with it)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You see these ? baby, I'm your slave (uh-huh)

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 "head" in the whole song?

"head"

Exercise 23

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

"gone"

Exercise 24

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

headgonesexyyou're

Exercise 25

If you could ask Justin Timberlake one question about "SexyBack", what would it be and why?

headgonesexyyou're

Exercise 26

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

headgonesexyyou're

Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • don't→
  • you're→
  • what's→
  • i'll→
  • it's→

Exercise 28

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

headgonesexyyou're

Exercise 29

"SexyBack" was released in 2006. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

headgonesexyyou're

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "SexyBack" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

headgonesexyyou're