What Do You Mean?
Justin Bieber · 2015
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- What do you mean?
- Oh, what do you mean?
- Said you're running out of time, what do you mean?
- Oh, oh, oh, what do you mean?
Echo the hook
- Oh, I really wanna know
- What do you mean? Oh, oh
- When you nod your head yes
- But you wanna say no
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:
What do you mean? Oh, oh
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But you wanna say no
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
When you don't want me to move
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
What do you mean?
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, oh, oh, what do you mean?
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
What do you ? Oh, oh
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
When you ? want me to move
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Don't ? if you're happy or complaining
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Oh, I ? wanna know
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Wanna argue all day, ? love all night
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 "mean" in the whole song?
"mean"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "you're" in the whole song?
"you're"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- But you tell me to go
- But you wanna say no
- What do you mean? Oh, oh
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Tryna compromise but I can't win
- What do you mean?
- When you nod your head yes
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "What Do You Mean?" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
Who in your life would you dedicate "What Do You Mean?" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 28
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 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→don't→you're→i'm→can't→won't→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "What Do You Mean?" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?