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A2.1·punk·2:55

The Anthem

Good Charlotte · 2002

The Anthem by Good Charlotte (2002) — 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 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

Fill the blank in this line:

But it allold

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

My timethere, it only made me see

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mgonna hear the words you say

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mget by

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Do you really wanna betrend?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Shake ittimes

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:

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 "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?

don'tanthemeveranother

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).

don'tanthemeveranother

Exercise 28

If you had to summarize "The Anthem" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

don'tanthemeveranother

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?

don'tanthemeveranother