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Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)

Shakira · 2010

Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) by Shakira (2010) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • This time for Africa
  • Listen to your God, this is our motto
  • Your time to shine, don't wait in line, y vamos por todo
  • People are raising their expectations

Echo the hook

  • Tsamina mina zangalewa, anawa-a-a
  • Tsamina mina, eh, eh
  • Waka waka, eh, eh
  • Tsamina mina zangalewa
tsaminaminazangalewa

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

You're a goodchoosing your battles

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

You're on theeveryone's watching

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Theon, you feel it

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

But you got it all,it

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Tsamina mina'cause this is Africa

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

People aretheir expectations

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're a good soldier, choosing your battles

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The pressure's on, you feel it

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you fall get up, oh, oh

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Today's your day, I feel it

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you get down get up, oh, oh

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

You're a ? soldier, choosing your battles

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

The ? on, you feel it

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

When you ? get up, oh, oh

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

This ? for Africa

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Today's your day, I ? it

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 "tsamina" in the whole song?

"tsamina"

Exercise 23

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

"mina"

Exercise 24

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

  • If you get down get up, oh, oh
  • Tsamina mina zangalewa anawa-a-a
  • You're a good soldier, choosing your battles

Exercise 25

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

  • Tsamina mina zangalewa
  • Tsamina mina, eh, eh
  • You're on the frontline, everyone's watching

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

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

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • it's→
  • we're→
  • isn't→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

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

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