Unpretty
TLC · 1999
🎤 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
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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:
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:
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 "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?
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.
Exercise 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
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).
Exercise 30
Who in your life would you dedicate "Unpretty" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?