Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)
Kelly Clarkson · 2011
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
- Stand a little taller
- Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
- What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Sing the opening verse
- You know the bed feels warmer
- Sleeping here alone
- You know I dream in color
- And do the things I want
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:
You know the bed feels warmer
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
And do the things I want
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Think you've had the last laugh
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Think you left me broken down
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
You ? the bed feels warmer
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Bet you think that ? good is gone
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Stand a ? taller
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Just me, ? and I
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Doesn't mean I'm over cause ? gone
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 "doesn't" in the whole song?
"doesn't"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "stronger" in the whole song?
"stronger"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- In the end
- Stand a little taller
- You know the bed feels warmer
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
- Sleeping here alone
- What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Exercise 26
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 27
If you could ask Kelly Clarkson one question about "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", what would it be and why?
Exercise 28
Rewrite the chorus of "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
you've→i'd→don't→you're→doesn't→i'm→
Exercise 30
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)", what would happen instead?