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It's My Life

Bon Jovi · 2000

It's My Life by Bon Jovi (2000) — 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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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • It's my life
  • It's now or never
  • But I ain't gonna live forever
  • I just want to live while I'm alive

Echo the hook

  • And it's now or never
  • I ain't gonna live forever
  • I just want to live while I'm alive
it'slivelife

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Noprayer for faith-departed

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

But I ain'tlive forever

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Myis like an open highway

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Likesaid, "I did it my way"

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Tomorrow'sharder, make no mistake

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Bettertall when they're calling you out

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But I ain't gonna live forever

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Better stand tall when they're calling you out

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This ain't a song for the broken-hearted

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It's my life

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

This ? a song for the broken-hearted

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

But I ain't ? live forever

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Like ? said, "I did it my way"

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

For ? and Gina, who never backed down

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

My heart is like an ? highway

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 "live" in the whole song?

"live"

Exercise 24

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

  • 'Cause I ain't gonna live forever
  • It's my life
  • This ain't a song for the broken-hearted

Exercise 25

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

  • I just want to live while I'm alive
  • Like Frankie said, "I did it my way"
  • No silent prayer for faith-departed

Exercise 26

"It's My Life" was released in 2000. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

it'slivelifewant

Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "It's My Life" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

it'slivelifewant

Exercise 28

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

it'slivelifewant

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna→
  • you're→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • they're→
  • don't→

Exercise 30

If you could ask Bon Jovi one question about "It's My Life", what would it be and why?

it'slivelifewant