I Will Always Love You
Dolly Parton · 1974
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Sing with the chorus
- I will always love you
- Bittersweet memories
- That's all I have and all I'm takin' with me
- Goodbye, oh please don't cry
Sing it again — final chorus
- I will always love you
- And I hope life
- Will treat you kind
- And I hope that you have all
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:
If I should stay
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And so I'll go and yet I know
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I will always love you
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That I'm not what you need
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And I hope life
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
If I ? stay
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
And I will ? love you
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
'Cause we ? know
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Will ? you kind
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Oh, I do ? you joy
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 "always" in the whole song?
"always"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "wish" in the whole song?
"wish"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- If I should stay
- Oh, I do wish you joy
- That I'm not what you need
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And I hope life
- And I wish you happiness
- Well I would only be in your way
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "I Will Always Love You" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "I Will Always Love You" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
If you could ask Dolly Parton one question about "I Will Always Love You", what would it be and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'll→that's→i'm→don't→you've→
Exercise 30
Compare "I Will Always Love You" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?