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There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

Shawn Mendes · 2017

There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back by Shawn Mendes (2017) — 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

  • Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
  • You take me places that tear up my reputation
  • Manipulate my decisions
  • Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back

Sing it again — final chorus

  • Baby, there's nothing holdin' me back
  • There's nothing holdin' me back
  • 'Cause if we lost our minds and we took it way too far
  • I know we'd be alright, I know we would be alright
there'snothingholdin'

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Ifollow where she goes

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

'Causetime that she gets close, yeah

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

You take methat tear up my reputation

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

There's nothingme back

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Shedoesn't like to wait

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

And maybe Istop and start confessin'

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wanna follow where she goes

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I wanna let her take control

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And maybe I should stop and start confessin'

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I love it when you go crazy

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

She says that she's never afraid

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I ? follow where she goes

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

And ? I should stop and start confessin'

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

Baby, there's ? holdin' me back

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Just ? everybody naked

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And maybe I ? stop and start confessin'

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 "there's" in the whole song?

"there's"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "nothing" in the whole song?

"nothing"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I wanna follow where she goes
  • Manipulate my decisions
  • There's nothing holdin' me back

Exercise 25

If you could ask Shawn Mendes one question about "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back", what would it be and why?

there'snothingholdin'baby

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

there'snothingholdin'baby

Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

there'snothingholdin'baby

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • wanna→
  • i've→
  • there's→
  • she's→
  • doesn't→
  • you're→

Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

there'snothingholdin'baby

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

there'snothingholdin'baby