A2 · Elementary

Happy — Pharrell Williams

Learn Present Continuous, emotion adjectives and rhythm vocabulary.

🅵 Grammar focus: Present Continuous for current state · Adjectives of emotion

💡 How to use: Watch the video, read the lyrics below, check the grammar notes. Double-click any word to look it up and save to your dictionary.

🎤 Lyrics with Grammar Notes

📚 Key Vocabulary

joyfeeling of great pleasure
rhythmstrong, regular pattern
melodysequence of notes
beatregular pulse in music
dancemove rhythmically to music
Because I'm happy, clap along if you feel like a room without a roof feel like = want to
Because I'm happy, clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth happiness is truth = metaphor for reality
Clap along if you know what happiness is to you to you = personal experience
Because I'm happy, clap along if you feel like that's what you want to do that's what = emphasis
Because I'm happy, clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth clap = hit hands together

🧠 Song Quiz

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