Is This Love
Bob Marley · 1978
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I wanna love you
- And treat you right
- I wanna love you
- Every day and every night
Echo the hook
- Is this love that I'm feelin'?
- Is this love, is this love, is this love
- Is this love that I'm feelin'?
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 wanna love you
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We'll be together
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
We'll share the same room, yeah
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I wanna know, wanna know, wanna know now
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So I throw my cards on your table
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
I ? love you
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
With a ? right over our heads
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
We'll share the ? room, yeah
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
So I ? my cards on your table
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
We'll share the ? yeah, oh, yeah
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 "know" in the whole song?
"know"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "we'll" in the whole song?
"we'll"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I wanna love you
- I-I-I-I-I, I'm willing and able
- So I throw my cards on your table
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And treat you right
- See, I wanna love you
- We'll be together, yeah
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Is This Love" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Bob Marley one question about "Is This Love", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "Is This Love" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
wanna→we'll→i'm→
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Is This Love", what would happen instead?