Larger Than Life
Backstreet Boys · 1999
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Sing with the chorus
- How your love's affecting our reality
- Every time we're down, you can make it right
- And that makes you larger than life
Sing it again — final chorus
- How your love's affecting our reality
- Every time we're down, you can make it right
- And that makes you larger than life
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:
But let me tell you now
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And I see your body sway, c'mon
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Yeah, every time we're down
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That makes you larger than life
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
How your love's affecting our reality
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
But let me ? you now
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
All you ? can't you see, can't you see
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
And that ? you larger than life
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
'Cause all of your time ? keeps us alive
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And that makes you ? than life
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 "can't" in the whole song?
"can't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "larger" in the whole song?
"larger"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And I see your body sway, c'mon
- But let me tell you now
- Everytime we're down, you can make it right
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- And that makes you larger than life
- Larger than life
- There are prices to fame, alright
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Larger Than Life" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Backstreet Boys one question about "Larger Than Life", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "Larger Than Life" 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:
you're→can't→we're→that's→
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Larger Than Life", what would happen instead?