Sweet Love
Anita Baker · 1986
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- I'm in love, sweet love (sweet love)
- Hear me calling out your name, I feel no shame
- I'm in love, sweet love (sweet love)
- Don't you ever go away, it'll always be this way
Echo the hook
- Never leave, 'cause baby I believe
- In this love, sweet love (sweet love)
- Hear me calling out your name, I feel no shame
- I'm in love, sweet love
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:
With all my heart I love you, baby
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
My arms will hold you, baby
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'm in love, sweet love sweet love
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I will be all that you need
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Never leave, 'cause baby I believe
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
With all my ? I love you, baby
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I'm in love, ? love (sweet love)
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Never leave, ? baby I believe
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
I'll ? go, wait and see, can't be wrong
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Stay ? here, never fear
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 "baby" in the whole song?
"baby"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- In this love, sweet love (sweet love)
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
- With all my heart I love you, baby
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- I will be all that you need
- Oh, baby no sweeter love (sweet love)
- Stay with me and you will see
Exercise 26
Imagine you are making a short film with "Sweet Love" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?
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.
Exercise 28
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'm→don't→we're→there's→you're→i'll→
Exercise 30
Rewrite the chorus of "Sweet Love" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).