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Jesus, Take the Wheel

Carrie Underwood · 2005

Jesus, Take the Wheel by Carrie Underwood (2005) — 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

  • Jesus, take the wheel
  • Take it from my hands
  • 'Cause I can't do this on my own
  • I'm letting go

Echo the hook

  • From this road I'm on
  • From this road I'm on
  • Jesus, take the wheel

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

She wasway too fast

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

She saw both theirflash before her eyes

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Sheher hands up in the air

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Sheher head to pray

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

She said, "I'mfor the way

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Oh,take the wheel

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She was going way too fast

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She was so scared

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause I can't do this on my own

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And save me from this road I'm on

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She said, "I'm sorry for the way

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

It'd been a ? hard year

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

She ? even have time to cry

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

So ? me one more chance

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

She ? her head to pray

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I ? I've got to change

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 "jesus" in the whole song?

"jesus"

Exercise 23

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

"wheel"

Exercise 24

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

  • It'd been a long hard year
  • Jesus, take the wheel
  • So give me one more chance

Exercise 25

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

  • I know I've got to change
  • Oh, Jesus, take the wheel
  • She was going way too fast

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

jesuswheelroadtime

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "Jesus, Take the Wheel" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

jesuswheelroadtime

Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Jesus, Take the Wheel" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

jesuswheelroadtime

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't
  • can't
  • i'm
  • i've

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "Jesus, Take the Wheel" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

jesuswheelroadtime