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Tik Tok

Kesha · 2009

Tik Tok by Kesha (2009) — 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

  • Yeah, you got me
  • With my hands up
  • You got me now
  • You got that sound

Sing the opening verse

  • I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes
  • Trying on all our clothes, clothes
  • Boys blowing up our phones, phones
  • Drop-topping, playing our favorite CDs

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mpedicure on our toes, toes

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Boysup our phones, phones

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Tonight, I'ma'til we see the sunlight

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Boysto touch my junk, junk

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

(DJ) youme up

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Myit pounds

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You break me down

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You got me now

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Trying on all our clothes, clothes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? pedicure on our toes, toes

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Drop-topping, ? our favorite CDs

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Oh, ? woah, oh, oh, woah, woah, oh

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Or the ? shut us down, down

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

You ? me down

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 "stop" in the whole song?

"stop"

Exercise 24

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

  • I'm talking pedicure on our toes, toes
  • Or the police shut us down, down
  • You got me now

Exercise 25

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

  • (DJ) you build me up
  • Oh, woah, woah, oh, oh, woah, woah, oh
  • Trying on all our clothes, clothes

Exercise 26

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

don'tstoppartyblow

Exercise 27

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

don'tstoppartyblow

Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Tik Tok", what would happen instead?

don'tstoppartyblow

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • gonna
  • let's
  • don't

Exercise 30

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

don'tstoppartyblow