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A2.1·r&b·7:20

No Ordinary Love

Sade · 1992

No Ordinary Love by Sade (1992) — 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

  • This is no ordinary love
  • No ordinary love
  • This is no ordinary love
  • No ordinary love

Echo the hook

  • Gave you love
  • I gave you all that I have inside
  • And you took my love
  • You took my love
keepordinarygave

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Didsay that

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I keepfor you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

This is nolove

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Youevery day

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Keepfor you

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Keepfor you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I gave you all the love I got

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Gave you love

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And you took my love

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Didn't I tell you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Didn't I give you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? you all the love I got

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Did ? say that

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

I ? trying for you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

You ? every day

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Keep ? for you

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 "keep" in the whole song?

"keep"

Exercise 23

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

"ordinary"

Exercise 24

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

  • I gave you all the love I got
  • I keep crying
  • This is no ordinary love

Exercise 25

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

  • I gave you more than I could give
  • I keep trying for you
  • You brightened every day

Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "No Ordinary Love" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 27

Compare "No Ordinary Love" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

keepordinarygavegive

Exercise 28

If you could change the ending of the story told in "No Ordinary Love", what would happen instead?

keepordinarygavegive

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • didn't→
  • won't→
  • i've→
  • there's→
  • i'm→

Exercise 30

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

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