Tik Tok
Kesha · 2009
🎤 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
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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:
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:
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 "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?
Exercise 27
Compare "Tik Tok" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Tik Tok", what would happen instead?
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.