Heal the World
Michael Jackson · 1991
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- If you care enough for the living
- Make a little space
- Make a better place
- Heal the world
Echo the hook
- Make a better world
- Make a better world
- Heal the world
- Make it a better place
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:
And our children's children, so that they
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And if you really try
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If you care enough for the living
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
If we try, we shall see
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We could fly so high
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Think about, ehm, the ? and
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
And if you ? try
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Make a ? place
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Love is ? it only cares for joyful giving
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Let our ? never die
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
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "better" in the whole song?
"better"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "place" in the whole song?
"place"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Make it a better place
- Then it feels that always
- Think about, ehm, the generations and
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And our children's children, so that they
- Heal the world
- We could fly so high
Exercise 26
Who in your life would you dedicate "Heal the World" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 27
Compare "Heal the World" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 28
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Heal the World", what would happen instead?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→it's→there's→you'll→we'll→
Exercise 30
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.