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Spice Up Your Life

Spice Girls · 1997

Spice Up Your Life by Spice Girls (1997) — 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

  • Chicas to the front (ha, ha)
  • Go 'round
  • Slam it to the left (if you're havin' a good time)
  • Shake it to the right (if you know that you feel fine)

Echo the hook

  • La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
  • La-la-la, la-la-la-la
  • La-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
  • La-la-la, la-la-la-la
shakeyou'respice

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Whenfeelin' sad and low

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Smilin',everything is free

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Every boy andgirl (spice up your life)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Chicas to the(ha, ha)

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Tribaland all that's in between

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Thenthe salsa

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you're feelin' sad and low

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All you need is positivity

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We moonwalk the foxtrot

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Colors of the world spice up your life

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Hai, si, ja! Hold tight

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When ? feelin' sad and low

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

All you ? is positivity

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

People of the world ? up your life, ah)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Kung fu ? dancing queen

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

People of the world (spice up your ? ah)

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 "shake" in the whole song?

"shake"

Exercise 23

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

"you're"

Exercise 24

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

  • Colorful, both me and you
  • Then polka the salsa
  • When you're feelin' sad and low

Exercise 25

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

  • Chicas to the front (ha, ha)
  • Colors of the world (spice up your life)
  • We will take you where you gotta go

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Spice Up Your Life" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

shakeyou'respicelife

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.

shakeyou'respicelife

Exercise 28

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

shakeyou'respicelife

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • gotta→
  • that's→

Exercise 30

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

shakeyou'respicelife