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A1.2·soul·2:15

Think

Aretha Franklin · 1968

Think by Aretha Franklin (1968) — 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

  • Oh freedom
  • Oh, freedom (yeah)
  • Oh freedom
  • Oh freedom (freedom)

Echo the hook

  • You better think (think)
  • Think about what you're tryin' to do to me
  • Think (think-think) let your mind go
  • Let yourself be free

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Youthink (think)

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Letbe free

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

To see what you'reto me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

There ain'tyou could ask

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

If you keep doin'I don't (don't)

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, beyou don't lose yours

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You better think think

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I ain't no psychiatrist

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But it don't take too much I.Q.

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You! think about it

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I was gonna change my mind

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You ? think (think)

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? even know you

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Think about what you're ? to do to me

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

If you ? doin' things I don't (don't)

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

There ain't nothin' ? can do

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 "think" in the whole song?

"think"

Exercise 23

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

"freedom"

Exercise 24

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

  • Oh freedom (freedom)
  • Ooh think (think)
  • You better think (think)

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Think" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

thinkfreedomtryin'mind

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Think" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

thinkfreedomtryin'mind

Exercise 27

Compare "Think" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

thinkfreedomtryin'mind

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're
  • let's
  • didn't
  • couldn't
  • don't
  • won't

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Think" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

thinkfreedomtryin'mind

Exercise 30

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

thinkfreedomtryin'mind