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
If you could ask The Beatles one question about "Something", what would it be and why?
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "Something" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "Something" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
don't→you're→
Exercise 29
Describe the mood of "Something" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 30
Imagine you are making a short film with "Something" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?