The Anthem
Good Charlotte · 2002
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Don't wanna be just like you
- Oh, what I'm saying is
- This is the anthem
- Throw all your hands up
Echo the hook
- Another loser anthem
- (Whoa-oh)
- Another loser anthem
- (Whoa-oh)
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:
Here we go
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That I don't ever wanna be like you
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm never gonna hear the words you say
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I don't ever wanna be you
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, what I'm saying is
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
But it all ? old
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Like a ? cell
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
And I don't ? wanna
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I'm ? get by
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Shake it once, ? fine
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 "anthem" in the whole song?
"anthem"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Don't wanna be you
- Here we go
- Shake it once, that's fine
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Do you wanna be part of that crowd?
- It's a new day
- This is the anthem
Exercise 26
If you could ask Good Charlotte one question about "The Anthem", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "The Anthem" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "The Anthem" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
it's→that's→i'm→don't→wanna→gonna→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "The Anthem" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?