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Hero

Enrique Iglesias · 2001

Hero by Enrique Iglesias (2001) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • You can take my breath away
  • Oh, I just wanna hold you
  • I just want to hold you, oh, yeah

Echo the hook

  • I can be your hero, baby
  • I can kiss away the pain
  • I will stand by you forever
  • You can take my very breath away
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Would youif I asked you to dance?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Would you run, andlook back?

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,tell me this

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I willby you forever

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Would youthat you'll always be mine?

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I don't care,here tonight

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Would you run, and never look back?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And would you save my soul tonight?

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Would you laugh?

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I can kiss away the pain

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You can take my very breath away

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Would you ? if I asked you to dance?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Would you ? if I touched your lips?

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I can be your ? baby

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Would you ? that you'll always be mine?

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Oh, I just ? hold you

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 "hero" in the whole song?

"hero"

Exercise 23

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

"breath"

Exercise 24

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

  • Am I in too deep?
  • Let me be your hero
  • Would you swear that you'll always be mine?

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Hero" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Hero" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 27

Compare "Hero" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you'll→
  • don't→
  • you're→
  • wanna→

Exercise 29

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

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Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Hero" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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