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Smooth Criminal

Michael Jackson · 1987

Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson (1987) — 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

  • Annie, are you okay?
  • So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?
  • Annie, are you okay?
  • So, Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?

Echo the hook

  • You've been hit by
  • You've been hit by
  • A smooth criminal
annieokaystruck

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

So,are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Will you tell us thatokay?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Then heyou, a crescendo, Annie

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

It waswhat a black day

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

There's a sound at the(I don't know)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And then you ran into the(help me)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Annie, are you okay?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Then he struck you, a crescendo, Annie

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And then you ran into the bedroom

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You've been hit by

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Annie, are you okay? Annie, are you okay?

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

So, ? are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

There's a ? at the window

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

It was ? what a black day

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

There's a sound at the ? (I don't know)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

It was your ? Annie (dag gone it)

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 "annie" in the whole song?

"annie"

Exercise 23

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

"okay"

Exercise 24

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

  • It was her doom
  • Left the bloodstains on the carpet
  • You've been hit by

Exercise 25

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

  • Annie, are you okay?
  • Annie, are you okay? (Annie, are you okay?)
  • It was your doom

Exercise 26

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

annieokaystruckcame

Exercise 27

If you could ask Michael Jackson one question about "Smooth Criminal", what would it be and why?

annieokaystruckcame

Exercise 28

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

annieokaystruckcame

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • there's→
  • you've→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

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

annieokaystruckcame