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Fill in the Lyrics: Happy

Listening 5 min Lyrics Intermediate


Vocabulary - 26 contextual words

Grammar - Contractions and slang in music

Pronunciation - American

Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks of the song lyrics. To celebrate the fact that the 20th of March is International Day of Happiness, today we bring you the song Happy by Pharrell Williams.  

These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates so that they can learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.

Exercise

Fill in the missing words.


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See Grammar explanation  

  • Many times lyrics use an informal type of vocabulary. This is why we find things like contractions and slang words.
  • Examples of contractions and slang we can find in lyrics:
  • – ’bout = about
  • – don’tcha = don’t you
  • – ain’t = am not, is not, are not, has not or have not
  • – ’cause / ‘coz = because
  • – -in’ ending: thinkin’ or losin’ (drops the g in -ing, sounds more informal)
  • – dunno = don’t know
  • – lemme = let me
  • – gimme = give me
  • – gonna = going to
  • – gotta = got to
  • – wanna = want to
  • – kinda = kind of