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Vision of Love

Mariah Carey · 1990

Vision of Love by Mariah Carey (1990) — 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 with the chorus

  • I had a vision of love
  • And it was all that you've given to me
  • Prayed through the nights
  • Felt so alone

Sing it again — final chorus

  • I had a vision of love
  • And it was all that you've given to me
  • I had a vision of love
  • And it was all that you've given me

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Carried medesperation

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I had aof love

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Inthe place I conceived

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

I'm sothat I've received

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Youme kind

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Prayed through the(so faithfully)

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Still I believed

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I had a vision of love

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And now I know I've succeeded

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And it was all that you've given me

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

And I visualized

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Carried me ? desperation

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

Would ? me eventually

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And now I ? I've succeeded

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I'm so ? that I've received

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I'll be ? grateful (oh, oh, ooh)

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 "vision" in the whole song?

"vision"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "through" in the whole song?

"through"

Exercise 24

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

  • Carried the weight on my own
  • Feel so alive
  • Treated me kind

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • Carried me through desperation
  • I had a vision of love
  • You treated me kind

Exercise 26

If you had to summarize "Vision of Love" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

visionthroughyou'vegiven

Exercise 27

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Vision of Love" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

visionthroughyou'vegiven

Exercise 28

If you could ask Mariah Carey one question about "Vision of Love", what would it be and why?

visionthroughyou'vegiven

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • you've
  • i've
  • i'm
  • i'll

Exercise 30

Compare "Vision of Love" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

visionthroughyou'vegiven