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Open Arms

Journey · 1981

Open Arms by Journey (1981) — 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

  • With open arms
  • Nothing to hide
  • Believe what I say
  • So here I am

Sing it again — final chorus

  • With open arms
  • Hoping you'll see
  • What your love means to me
  • Open arms
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Feeling yourwith mine

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Weon together

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

What your loveto me

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Thishouse seems so cold

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

How much Iyou home

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

But now thatcome back

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Lying beside you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You're so sincere

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We drifted apart

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So now I come to you

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So here I am

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Feeling your ? with mine

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

We ? on together

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

This ? house seems so cold

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

How much I ? you home

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Turned ? into day

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 "open" in the whole song?

"open"

Exercise 23

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

"arms"

Exercise 24

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

  • How much I wanted you home
  • Lying beside you
  • With open arms

Exercise 25

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

  • Here in the dark
  • Hoping you'll see
  • Turned night into day

Exercise 26

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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Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 28

"Open Arms" was released in 1981. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you're→
  • you'll→
  • you've→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Open Arms" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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