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Shape of My Heart

Backstreet Boys · 2000

Shape of My Heart by Backstreet Boys (2000) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • Looking back on the things I've done
  • I was tryin' to be someone
  • I played my part, kept you in the dark
  • Now let me show you the shape of my heart

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Looking back on the things I've done
  • I was trying to be someone (trying to be someone)
  • Played my part, kept you in the dark
  • Now let me show you the shape of my heart
i'veshowshape

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Baby,try to forgive me

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Ifminute, it makes me weaker

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

I wasto be someone

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

If everyit makes me weaker

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Gotto hide no more

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I'mback on things I've done

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Looking back on the things I've done

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm here with my confession

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'm lookin' back on things I've done

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Played my part, kept you in the dark

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Show you the shape of my heart

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Baby, ? try to forgive me

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Looking back on the ? I've done

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

If every ? it makes me weaker

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Got ? to hide no more

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I'm ? back on things I've done

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 "i've" in the whole song?

"i've"

Exercise 23

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

"show"

Exercise 24

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

  • Baby, please try to forgive me
  • I never wanna play the same old part
  • Touch me now, don't bother

Exercise 25

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

  • I'm here with my confession
  • Played my part, kept you in the dark
  • Stay here, don't put out the glow

Exercise 26

Imagine you are making a short film with "Shape of My Heart" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

i'veshowshapedark

Exercise 27

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

i'veshowshapedark

Exercise 28

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

i'veshowshapedark

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • don't→
  • i've→
  • that's→
  • can't→
  • i'm→
  • wanna→

Exercise 30

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

i'veshowshapedark