Something
The Beatles · 1969
🎤 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
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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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:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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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.
Exercise 26
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
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.
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?
Exercise 30
Compare "Something" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?