(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Aretha Franklin · 1967
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- You make me feel
- You make me feel like
- A natural woman (woman)
Sing it again — final chorus
- You make me feel
- You make me feel
- You make me feel like a natural woman (woman)
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 used to feel so uninspired
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You make me feel
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You came along to claim it
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Looking out on the morning rain
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
A natural woman woman
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Looking out on the ? rain
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Lord, it made me ? so tired
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
A ? woman (woman)
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
You came ? to claim it
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
'Til your ? helped me name it
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 "woman" in the whole song?
"woman"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Looking out on the morning rain
- You came along to claim it
- You make me feel
Exercise 25
Imagine you are making a short film with "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 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:
you're→didn't→i'm→don't→you've→
Exercise 29
Rewrite the chorus of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" 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 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?