Baby Love
The Supremes · 1964
🎤 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
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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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:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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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?
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.
Exercise 28
Imagine you are making a short film with "Baby Love" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
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.