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Baby Love

The Supremes · 1964

Baby Love by The Supremes (1964) — 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

  • Don't throw our love away
  • In my arms why don't you stay
  • Need ya' need ya
  • Baby love' ooh' baby love

Echo the hook

  • Why you do me like you do
  • I get this need
  • Ooh' ooh' need to hold you

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

But all you do isme bad

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Beenya' miss kissing ya

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Let's do someand making up

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Why must wemy love

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Iloved no one but you

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Notlike I used to be

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I need you' oh how I need you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Tell me' what did I do wrong

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

In my arms why don't you stay

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I never loved no one but you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I get this need

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Ooh ? love' my baby love

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

To make you ? away so long

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Don't ? our love away

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? loved no one but you

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Not ? like I used to be

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 "baby" in the whole song?

"baby"

Exercise 23

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

"need"

Exercise 24

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

  • Need ya' need ya
  • Ooh baby love' my baby love
  • Please don't do me this way

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • I need you' oh how I need you
  • My love' my baby love
  • Why you do me like you do

Exercise 26

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

babyneeddon'tlove'

Exercise 27

"Baby Love" was released in 1964. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

babyneeddon'tlove'

Exercise 28

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

babyneeddon'tlove'

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • let's
  • don't
  • i've
  • it's

Exercise 30

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Baby Love" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

babyneeddon'tlove'