I Want to Break Free
Queen · 1984
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I've got to break free
- God knows, God knows I want to break free
- I've fallen in love
- I've fallen in love for the first time
Sing it again — final chorus
- I've got to break free
- I want to break free, yeah
- I want, I want, I want
- I want to break free
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 want to break free from your lies
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I've got to break free
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I've fallen in love for the first time
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I've fallen in love, yeah
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Oh, I want to be free, baby
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? to break free from your lies
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
God ? God knows I want to break free
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
I've fallen in love for the ? time
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Oh, I want to be ? baby
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
I ? get used to living without, living without
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 "want" in the whole song?
"want"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "free" in the whole song?
"free"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- But life still goes on
- I want to break free from your lies
- I've fallen in love, yeah
Exercise 25
If you had to summarize "I Want to Break Free" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "I Want to Break Free" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Queen one question about "I Want to Break Free", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
you're→don't→i've→it's→can't→
Exercise 29
Compare "I Want to Break Free" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 30
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?