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A2.2·r&b·4:38

Unpretty

TLC · 1999

Unpretty by TLC (1999) — 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

  • But if
  • You can look inside you
  • Find out who am I too
  • Be in a position to make me feel so damn unpretty

Sing it again — final chorus

  • But if
  • You can look inside you
  • Be in a position to make me feel so
  • You can buy your hair if it won't grow

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Make you feeltoo

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Same old me againyeah

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I'vedifferent ways, but it's all the same

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Neveruntil I met you

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Why do I look to allthings?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I've triedways, but it's all the same

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Make you feel unpretty too

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But what does that mean to you?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You can look inside you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yeah, I'll make you feel unpretty too

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now I'm bein' stupid

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Make you ? unpretty too

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The one with the ? hair

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You can buy your ? if it won't grow

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Now I'm ? stupid

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

To ? you happy

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 "feel" in the whole song?

"feel"

Exercise 23

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

"unpretty"

Exercise 24

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

  • Find out who am I too
  • Make you feel unpretty too
  • You can look inside you

Exercise 25

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

feelunprettyhairinside

Exercise 26

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

feelunprettyhairinside

Exercise 27

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

feelunprettyhairinside

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • who's
  • i'm
  • it's
  • i've
  • won't
  • i'll

Exercise 29

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

feelunprettyhairinside

Exercise 30

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

feelunprettyhairinside