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After the Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire · 1979

After the Love Has Gone by Earth, Wind & Fire (1979) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Oh, oh, oh
  • After the love has gone
  • What used to be right is wrong
  • Can love that's lost be found?

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Oh, oh, oh
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Deepwe knew our love was true

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

We knew love would lastnight

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Something hadalong the way

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Something happenedthe way

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Can lovelost be found?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Weto find what we had

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Deep inside, we knew our love was true

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And yesterday was all we had

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We tried to find what we had

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Yesterday was all we had

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Something had happened along the way

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Deep ? we knew our love was true

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Something had ? along the way

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? was all we had

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Can love ? lost be found?

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

'Til ? was all we shared

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "right" in the whole song?

"right"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "used" in the whole song?

"used"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • After the love has gone
  • Deep inside, we knew our love was true
  • Yesterday was all we had

Exercise 25

"After the Love Has Gone" was released in 1979. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "After the Love Has Gone" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 27

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • that's→
  • wasn't→

Exercise 29

If you could ask Earth, Wind & Fire one question about "After the Love Has Gone", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 30

Describe the mood of "After the Love Has Gone" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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