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The Power of Love

Huey Lewis and the News · 1985

The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News (1985) — 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

  • 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

Fill the blank in this line:

Theof love is a curious thing

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Change a hawk to awhite dove

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Stronger andthan a bad girl's dream

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Don't need nocard to ride this train

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But itjust save your life

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Tougher than diamonds andthan steel

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:

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 "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?

powerfeeldon'tthat's

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).

powerfeeldon'tthat's

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?

powerfeeldon'tthat's

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?

powerfeeldon'tthat's