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Surfin' U.S.A.

The Beach Boys · 1963

Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys (1963) — 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 with the chorus

  • Surfin' U.S.A.
  • You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar
  • Ventura County line
  • Santa Cruz and Trestle

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Surfin' U.S.A.
  • Haggerties and Swamies
  • Pacific Palisades
  • San Anofree and Sunset
surfin'goneeverybody's

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ifhad an ocean

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You'd seem 'emtheir baggies

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You'd'em surfin' at Del Mar

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

We'll all bethat route

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

We'redown our surfboards

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Tell thewe're surfin'

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You'd seem 'em wearing their baggies

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We'll all be planning that route

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We're waxing down our surfboards

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We'll all be gone for the summer

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Tell the teacher we're surfin'

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

If ? had an ocean

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

A ? bushy blonde hairdo

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And down ? Way

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

We're ? down our surfboards

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

We're on ? to stay

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 "surfin'" in the whole song?

"surfin'"

Exercise 23

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

"gone"

Exercise 24

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

  • And down Doheny Way
  • If everybody had an ocean
  • San Anofree and Sunset

Exercise 25

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

  • Across the U.S.A.
  • Redondo Beach L.A.
  • We're waxing down our surfboards

Exercise 26

If you could ask The Beach Boys one question about "Surfin' U.S.A.", what would it be and why?

surfin'goneeverybody'swe're

Exercise 27

Rewrite the chorus of "Surfin' U.S.A." in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

surfin'goneeverybody'swe're

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "Surfin' U.S.A." in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

surfin'goneeverybody'swe're

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you'd→
  • we'll→
  • we're→
  • gonna→
  • can't→

Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "Surfin' U.S.A." in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

surfin'goneeverybody'swe're