– English Lyrics

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

[ominous music]

- [creepy voice] Emily.

[creepy laughter]

[ominous music]

[music intensifies]

- BOO. [suspenseful music]

- Get out of my room, Ava.

- [Ava] Did you do your homework?

- [Emily] Yeah. - [Ava] Liar.

No you didn't.

[Ava] You better do it before you go to bed tonight,

or the teacher will get you.

- Who?

- [Ava] She's this crazy old lady

who comes for children in the night,

when they don't do their homework.

- Miss Scribbleton?

She's not real.

- [Ava] Yeah, she is.

Like three kids went missing last year

in the middle of the night.

- Fake.

- Okay, well I wouldn't wanna find out.

- Leave.

[owl hoots]

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[nails scrapping chalkboard]

Ava?

Are you in here?

[ominous music]

Nice try but,

you can't scare me.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[suspenseful music]

[ominous music]

[scared breathing]

[music intensifies]

- [teacher] Should have done your homework,

Emily.

[Emily screams]

[suspenseful music]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɜːrk/ A1	noun - schoolwork assigned to be done at home
teacher /ˈtiːtʃər/ A1	noun - a person who teaches students
scare /skɛər/ A2	verb - to cause fear or alarm
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ A2	adjective - not able to be found
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - mentally deranged or insane
night /naɪt/ A1	noun - the period between sunset and sunrise
bed /bɛd/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture for sleeping
kids /kɪdz/ A1	noun - children
lady /ˈleɪdi/ A1	noun - a woman of higher social position or respect
real /riːl/ A1	adjective - actually existing as a thing
find /faɪnd/ A1	verb - to discover or locate something
try /traɪ/ A1	verb - to attempt to do something
owl /aʊl/ A2	noun - a nocturnal bird of prey
intensify /ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/ B2	verb - to become or make something more intense
suspenseful /səˈspɛnsfəl/ B2	adjective - causing or characterized by suspense

Key Grammar Structures

• Get out of my room, Ava.

  ➔ Imperative mood (verb + subject) for giving commands.

  ➔ The sentence uses the **imperative** form to issue a direct command.

• Did you do your homework?

  ➔ Interrogative form in past tense (using 'did') to ask questions.

  ➔ Uses the auxiliary verb **'did'** to form a past simple question.

• No you didn't.

  ➔ Negative past tense in contractions ('didn't' = did not).

  ➔ Uses the contraction **'didn't'** to express negation in past tense.

• You better do it before you go to bed tonight.

  ➔ Use of **'better'** with infinitive for advice or urgent suggestions.

  ➔ The phrase **'you better do it'** suggests a strong recommendation or urgent advice.

• She's this crazy old lady who comes for children in the night.

  ➔ Use of **'who'** as a relative pronoun introducing a defining relative clause.

  ➔ Introduces a **relative clause** describing the 'old lady', giving more information.

• He uses the contraction 'she's' for 'she is'.

  ➔ Use of **contraction** to shorten and informally connect auxiliary and main verbs.

  ➔ **Contraction** combines 'she' + 'is' into 'she's' for informal speech.

• Emily screams.

  ➔ Simple present tense used for habitual actions or immediate reactions.

  ➔ The verb **'screams'** in simple present indicates an immediate, possibly habitual action.