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Texas Hold 'Em

Beyoncé · 2024

Texas Hold 'Em by Beyoncé (2024) — 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

  • Ain't no hold 'em (hey)
  • So lay your cards down, down, down, down
  • So park your Lexus (ooh)
  • And throw your keys up (hey)

Echo the hook

  • Ooh, one step to the right
  • We headed to the dive bar we always thought was nice
  • Ooh, run me to the left
  • Then spin me in the middle, boy, I can't read your mind
roundreallife

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

This ain't(ooh)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Andyour keys up (hey)

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

There's a(there's a tornado)

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause we('cause we survivin')

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Come pour some sugar on me,too

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Comin' at usat us)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause we survivin' 'cause we survivin'

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This ain't Texas ooh

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So lay your cards down, down, down, down

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And throw your keys up hey

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's a real-life boogie and a real-life hoedown

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

This ? Texas (ooh)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Stick around, ? 'round, 'round, 'round (stick around)

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

That ? ain't pretty (shit ain't pretty)

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So park your ? (ooh)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

There's a ? (there's a heatwave)

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 "round" in the whole song?

"round"

Exercise 23

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

"real"

Exercise 24

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

  • All other problems
  • Ooh, one step to the right
  • This ain't Texas (ooh)

Exercise 25

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

  • Ain't no hold 'em (hey)
  • Ooh, you run to the left
  • Stick around, 'round, 'round, 'round, 'round (stick around)

Exercise 26

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Texas Hold 'Em" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

roundreallifeain't

Exercise 27

If you could ask Beyoncé one question about "Texas Hold 'Em", what would it be and why?

roundreallifeain't

Exercise 28

Rewrite the chorus of "Texas Hold 'Em" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

roundreallifeain't

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'll→
  • can't→
  • it's→
  • don't→
  • there's→
  • we're→

Exercise 30

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

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