Think
Aretha Franklin · 1968
🎤 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
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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:
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:
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 "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?
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Think" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Think" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
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?
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Think" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).