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A2.2·rock · grunge·4:35

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Nirvana · 1991

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana (1991) — 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

  • Hello, hello, hello, how low
  • Hello, hello, hello, how low
  • Hello, hello, hello, how low
  • Hello, hello, hello

Echo the hook

  • A denial, a denial
  • A denial, a denial
  • A denial, a denial
  • A denial, a denial
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Load up on guns,your friends

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh no, I know aword

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Here we are now,us

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Amy libido

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Andwill until the end

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Iit hard, it's hard to find

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She's over-bored and self-assured

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here we are now, entertain us

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm worse at what I do best

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I forget, just why I taste

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I found it hard, it's hard to find

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Load up on ? bring your friends

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Hello, ? hello, how low

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

A ? an albino

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Our ? group has always been

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Oh ? I guess it makes me smile

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 "hello" in the whole song?

"hello"

Exercise 23

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

"denial"

Exercise 24

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

  • And for this gift, I feel blessed
  • I found it hard, it's hard to find
  • Load up on guns, bring your friends

Exercise 25

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

  • Hello, hello, hello, how low?
  • Here we are now, entertain us
  • It's fun to lose and to pretend

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 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

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • she's→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

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

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