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It Must Have Been Love

Roxette · 1990

It Must Have Been Love by Roxette (1990) — 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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  • Lay a whisper on my pillow

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Lay aon my pillow

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Leave theon the ground

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

In theand all around

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Makewe're together

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

That I'mby your heart

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Like ain your palm

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wake up lonely, there's air of silence

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Make believing we're together

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But in and outside, I turned to water

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Lay a whisper on my pillow

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

In the bedroom and all around

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Lay a ? on my pillow

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? up lonely, there's air of silence

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Touch me now, I ? my eyes

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

That I'm ? by your heart

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Like a ? in your palm

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 "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 23

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

"water"

Exercise 24

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

  • But in and outside, I turned to water
  • Lay a whisper on my pillow
  • Touch me now, I close my eyes

Exercise 25

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

  • Leave the winter on the ground
  • Like a teardrop in your palm
  • Make believing we're together

Exercise 26

Compare "It Must Have Been Love" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

it'swaterdreamgood

Exercise 27

If you could change the ending of the story told in "It Must Have Been Love", what would happen instead?

it'swaterdreamgood

Exercise 28

Describe the mood of "It Must Have Been Love" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

it'swaterdreamgood

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's
  • there's
  • we're
  • i'm

Exercise 30

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

it'swaterdreamgood