Saving All My Love for You
Whitney Houston · 1985
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Sing with the chorus
- So I'm saving all my love
- Yes, I'm saving all my love
- Yes, I'm saving all my love for you
Echo the hook
- For you
- For you
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:
So I'm saving all my love for you
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Love gives you the right to be free
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
So I'm saving all my love
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Yes, I'm saving all my love for you
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
That I'm feeling all right
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
A few ? moments, is all that we shared
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
So I'm ? all my love for you
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
You ? to tell me, we'd run away together
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
But ? just an old fantasy
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
No other ? is gonna love you more
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 "saving" in the whole song?
"saving"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "feeling" in the whole song?
"feeling"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- But no other man's gonna do
- But that's just an old fantasy
- No other woman is gonna love you more
Exercise 25
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 26
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 27
"Saving All My Love for You" was released in 1985. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
you've→gonna→i'm→it's→i'd→that's→
Exercise 29
If you had to summarize "Saving All My Love for You" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 30
Compare "Saving All My Love for You" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?