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A2.2·rock·5:28

Separate Ways

Journey · 1983

Separate Ways by Journey (1983) — 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

  • True love won't desert you
  • You know I still love you
  • Though we touched and went our separate ways

Sing it again — final chorus

  • True love won't desert you
  • You know I still love you
  • I still love you, girl
  • I really love you, girl

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Worldshearts broken in two, two, two

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mfor you, you, you

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Breakchains that bind you

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

If he everyou

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Caughtconfusion and pain, pain, pain

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

One night willyou

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Here we stand

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

If we can't go on

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Break those chains that bind you

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

How we touched and went our separate ways

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

True love won't desert you

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Worlds ? hearts broken in two, two, two

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

To ? the tide, love divides

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

If he ? hurts you

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

If you must go, I ? you love

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

How we touched and went our ? ways

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 "touched" in the whole song?

"touched"

Exercise 23

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

"went"

Exercise 24

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

  • Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, two
  • You know I still love you
  • You'll never walk alone

Exercise 25

Describe the mood of "Separate Ways" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 26

Who in your life would you dedicate "Separate Ways" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 27

Compare "Separate Ways" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm
  • it's
  • can't
  • won't
  • you'll

Exercise 29

Imagine you are making a short film with "Separate Ways" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "Separate Ways" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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