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Something

The Beatles · 1969

Something by The Beatles (1969) — 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 don't want to leave her now
  • You know I believe and how
  • Somewhere in her smile, she knows
  • That I don't need no other lover

Echo the hook

  • I don't know, I don't know
  • You stick around now it may show
  • I don't know, I don't know

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Attracts me like nolover

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't want toher now

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You know Iand how

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Something in herthat shows me

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

You'reme will my love grow

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Youaround now it may show

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Something in the way she moves

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I don't want to leave her now

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Somewhere in her smile, she knows

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're asking me will my love grow

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You stick around now it may show

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Attracts me like no ? lover

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? want to leave her now

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

That I don't ? no other lover

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I don't ? to leave her now

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You ? around now it may show

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 24

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

  • Something in the way she moves
  • That I don't need no other lover
  • You stick around now it may show

Exercise 25

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

don'tknowsomethingwant

Exercise 26

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

don'tknowsomethingwant

Exercise 27

"Something" was released in 1969. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

don'tknowsomethingwant

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't
  • you're

Exercise 29

If you had to summarize "Something" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

don'tknowsomethingwant

Exercise 30

Compare "Something" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

don'tknowsomethingwant