What's My Age Again?
Blink-182 · 1999
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- What's my age again?
- What's my age again?
- Then later on, on the drive home
- I called her mom from a payphone
Sing it again — final chorus
- What's my age again?
- What's my age again?
- And that's about the time she walked away from me
- Nobody likes you when you're 23
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:
I wore cologne to get the feeling right
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And she took off my pants
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Nobody likes you when you're 23
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I called her mom from a payphone
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And are still more amused by TV shows
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? her out, it was a Friday night
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
But then I ? on the TV
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
My ? say I should act my age
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
This ? looks down on sodomy
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
My friends say I ? act my age
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 "what's" in the whole song?
"what's"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "that's" in the whole song?
"that's"
Exercise 24
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Nobody likes you when you're 23
- This state looks down on sodomy
- We started making out
Exercise 25
Imagine you are making a short film with "What's My Age Again?" 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:
that's→you're→what's→wanna→
Exercise 29
Rewrite the chorus of "What's My Age Again?" 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 "What's My Age Again?" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?