Sweet Child o' Mine
Guns N' Roses · 1987
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Oh, oh, oh, oh
- Sweet love of mine
- She's got eyes of the bluest skies
- As if they thought of rain
Echo the hook
- Where do we go?
- Where do we go now?
- Where do we go?
- Oh, oh
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:
She's got a smile it seems to me
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
She takes me away to that special place
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'd probably break down and cry
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
As if they thought of rain
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Where as a child I'd hide
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
She's got a ? it seems to me
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
She ? me away to that special place
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Sweet ? o' mine
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I ? to look into those eyes
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
And ? for the thunder
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 "sweet" in the whole song?
"sweet"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "mine" in the whole song?
"mine"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Oh oh sweet love of mine
- She's got a smile it seems to me
- Where as a child I'd hide
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Reminds me of childhood memories
- Sweet love of mine
- Where do we go?
Exercise 26
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Sweet Child o' Mine", what would happen instead?
Exercise 27
Describe the mood of "Sweet Child o' Mine" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?
Exercise 28
Who in your life would you dedicate "Sweet Child o' Mine" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
she's→i'd→
Exercise 30
"Sweet Child o' Mine" was released in 1987. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.