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Waiting for a Girl Like You

Foreigner · 1981

Waiting for a Girl Like You by Foreigner (1981) — 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

  • To come into my life
  • I've been waiting for a girl like you
  • A love that will survive
  • I've been waiting for someone new

Echo the hook

  • When you love someone
  • When you love someone
  • It feels so right, so warm and true
  • I need to know if you feel it too
waitingi'vegirl

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

So long, I've beentoo hard

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I've beentoo long

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Itso right, so warm and true

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

This time Ibe sure

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Only incould it be this way

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

There'son earth that I'd rather be

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

So long, I've been looking too hard

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Sometimes I don't know what I will find

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When you love someone

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

This time I wanna be sure

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I've been waiting for someone new

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

So ? I've been looking too hard

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I only ? it's a matter of time

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

This ? of mine has been hurt before

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I've been waiting for ? new

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Yeah, ? love someone

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 "waiting" in the whole song?

"waiting"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "i've" in the whole song?

"i've"

Exercise 24

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

  • A love that will survive
  • I've been waiting for a girl like you
  • So long, I've been looking too hard

Exercise 25

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

  • I've been waiting for someone new
  • I've been waiting too long
  • Only in dreams could it be this way

Exercise 26

The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.

waitingi'vegirlsomeone

Exercise 27

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

waitingi'vegirlsomeone

Exercise 28

"Waiting for a Girl Like You" was released in 1981. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

waitingi'vegirlsomeone

Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i've→
  • don't→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • won't→
  • wanna→

Exercise 30

If you had to summarize "Waiting for a Girl Like You" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

waitingi'vegirlsomeone