One Love
Bob Marley · 1977
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Sing with the chorus
- Let's get together and feel all right
- Hear the children crying (one love)
- Hear the children crying (one heart)
- Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to
Sing it again — final chorus
- Let's get together and feel all right
- As it was in the beginning (one love)
- So shall it be in the end (one heart)
- Alright, "Give thanks and praise to
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:
The Lord and I will feel all right"
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
One love, one heart
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Hear the children crying one love
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Let's get ? and feel all right
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Sayin', ? thanks and praise to
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Whoa, ? whoa, whoa
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
As it was in the ? (one love)
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Have ? on those whose chances grow thinner
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 "feel" in the whole song?
"feel"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "right" in the whole song?
"right"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Let's get together and feel all right
- One love, one heart
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Exercise 25
Who in your life would you dedicate "One Love" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 26
Compare "One Love" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?
Exercise 27
If you could change the ending of the story told in "One Love", what would happen instead?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
let's→i'd→i'm→
Exercise 29
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "One Love" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?