The Power of Love
Huey Lewis and the News · 1985
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- You feel the power of love
- You feel the power of love
- Can you feel it?
- Hmm
Echo the hook
- But it might just save your life
- That's the power of love
- That's the power of love
- First time you feel it, it might make you sad
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 don't need money, don't take fame
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
They say that all in love is fair
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
But you know what to do
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You feel the power of love
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You won't feel nothin' 'til you feel
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
The ? of love is a curious thing
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Tougher than ? rich like cream
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
It's ? and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Don't need no ? card to ride this train
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
You ? the power of love
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 "power" in the whole song?
"power"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "feel" in the whole song?
"feel"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- And with a little help from above
- But you'll be glad baby when you've found
- The power of love is a curious thing
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Change a hawk to a little white dove
- They say that all in love is fair
- You feel the power of love
Exercise 26
If you could ask Huey Lewis and the News one question about "The Power of Love", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "The Power of Love" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "The Power of Love" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
that's→don't→it's→you'll→you've→won't→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "The Power of Love" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?