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the boy is mine

Ariana Grande · 2024

the boy is mine by Ariana Grande (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

  • The boy is mine
  • I can't wait to try him
  • Let's get intertwined
  • The stars, they aligned

Sing it again — final chorus

  • The boy is mine
  • Watch me take my time
  • I can't believe my mind
  • The boy is divine
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Might beto be, can't unsee it

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But I don'tcause no scene

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Something about him is made forlike me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I can'tmy mind

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Probablybet a dime or my life on

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And I know it'smeant to be

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How can it be? You and me

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm usually so unproblematic

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The stars, they aligned

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Please know this ain't what I planned for

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Promise you I'm not usually

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Might be ? to be, can't unsee it

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? so unproblematic

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

The ? they aligned

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Please ? this ain't what I planned for

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I can't ? to try him

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 "can't" in the whole song?

"can't"

Exercise 23

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

"mine"

Exercise 24

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

  • How can it be? You and me
  • I can't believe my mind
  • Watch me take my time

Exercise 25

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

  • Baby, come over, come over
  • Might be meant to be, can't unsee it
  • Promise you I'm not usually

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "the boy is mine", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • can't→
  • don't→
  • wanna→
  • i'm→
  • there's→
  • let's→

Exercise 30

"the boy is mine" was released in 2024. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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