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I Want to Know What Love Is

Foreigner · 1984

I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner (1984) — 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

  • I wanna know what love is
  • I want you to show me
  • I wanna feel what love is

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I wanna know what love is
  • I want you to show me (I wanna feel)
  • I wanna feel what love is (I feel you)
  • (And I know, and I know)
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Itake a little time

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Iread between the lines

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Through theI see love shine

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

In my lifebeen heartache and pain

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mtake a little time

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Looks like love hasfound me

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I gotta take a little time

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

In case I need it when I'm older

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Through the clouds I see love shine

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I want you to show me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I know you can show me

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? take a little time

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

This ? I must climb

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? know if I can face it again

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I wanna ? what love is

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Looks like love has ? found me

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 "know" in the whole song?

"know"

Exercise 23

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

"show"

Exercise 24

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

  • I gotta take a little time
  • I wanna feel what love is
  • I wanna know what love is

Exercise 25

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

  • A little time to think things over
  • I know you can show me
  • In my life there's been heartache and pain

Exercise 26

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

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Exercise 27

"I Want to Know What Love Is" was released in 1984. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 28

Imagine you are making a short film with "I Want to Know What Love Is" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gotta→
  • i'm→
  • there's→
  • don't→
  • can't→
  • i've→

Exercise 30

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

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