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Wannabe

Spice Girls · 1996

Wannabe by Spice Girls (1996) — 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

Make it last forever, friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is
Oh what you think about that? Now you know how I feel

Echo the hook

If you wanna be my lover
(You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta slam)
Make it last forever (slam, slam, slam, slam)
Slam your body down and wind it all around

reallywantslam

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ireally, really, really wanna "zig-a-zig", ah

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Now don't gomy precious time

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I wannareally, really wanna "zig-a-zig", ah

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I won't beI'll give you a try

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Make it last forever,never ends

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

You wanna get with me, youlisten carefully

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wanna really, really, really wanna "zig-a-zig", ah

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you want my future, forget my past

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If you wanna be my lover

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Make it last forever, friendship never ends

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Make it last forever slam, slam, slam, slam

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? really, really, really wanna "zig-a-zig", ah

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Get your act ? we could be just fine

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? be hasty, I'll give you a try

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

So ? a story from A to Z

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Slam your ? down and wind it all around

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 "really" in the whole song?

"really"

Exercise 23

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

"want"

Exercise 24

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

And as for me, haha, you'll see
I wanna really, really, really wanna "zig-a-zig", ah
Make it last forever, friendship never ends

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Wannabe" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

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

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

i'll→
wanna→
don't→
gotta→
that's→
won't→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

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

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