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B1.2·rock · hard-rock·5:55

Sweet Child o' Mine

Guns N' Roses · 1987

Sweet Child o' Mine by Guns N' Roses (1987) — 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

  • 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

Fill the blank in this line:

She's got ait seems to me

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Was asas the bright blue sky

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

And if I'dtoo long

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

She's got eyes of theskies

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I hate to look intoeyes

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Her hairme of a warm safe place

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:

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 "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?

sweetminechildshe's

Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "Sweet Child o' Mine" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

sweetminechildshe's

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?

sweetminechildshe's

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.

sweetminechildshe's