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You Get What You Give

New Radicals

About this song worksheet

A printable ESL song worksheet for “You Get What You Give” by New Radicals, for Level 4 (upper intermediate) learners, with a focus on imperatives. Students listen and fill 14 gaps in the lyrics, then discuss the song.

Discussion questions

  1. The song says 'we only get what we give.' Do you agree? Can you think of a time in your own life when effort was — or was not — rewarded?
  2. The final section attacks celebrities, corporations, and governments by name. Is it the job of pop music to criticise powerful institutions, or should songs stay personal?
  3. The singer tells someone: 'You've got the music in you — don't let go.' Who in your life has given you encouragement like this, and did it make a difference?

A printable song worksheet for You Get What You Give by New Radicals, focusing on Imperatives. Includes gap-fill, vocabulary, and discussion activities.

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