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A2.1·rock·5:09

Wanted Dead or Alive

Bon Jovi · 1986

Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi (1986) — 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

  • Dead or alive
  • Wanted
  • Dead or alive

Echo the hook

  • I'm wanted (wanted)
  • Dead or alive
  • Wanted (wanted)
  • Dead or alive
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Only thewill change

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Iall night just to get back home

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Always go theirways

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

On a steelI ride

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

'Cause Inot make it back

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I've seen afaces

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

It seems we're wasting away

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

On a steel horse I ride

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

The people I meet

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

By the bottle that you drink

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

All you do is think

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Only the ? will change

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

On a ? horse I ride

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

And ? when you're alone

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I ? for keeps

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

And I've ? them all

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 "dead" in the whole song?

"dead"

Exercise 23

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

"alive"

Exercise 24

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

  • All you do is think
  • I been everywhere, oh yeah
  • It's all the same

Exercise 25

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

  • And I've rocked them all
  • I'm a cowboy
  • Only the names will change

Exercise 26

Describe the mood of "Wanted Dead or Alive" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 27

Who in your life would you dedicate "Wanted Dead or Alive" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 28

Compare "Wanted Dead or Alive" with a Brazilian song you know. Do they share a theme? How do their styles differ?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • it's→
  • we're→
  • i'm→
  • you're→
  • i've→

Exercise 30

Imagine you are making a short film with "Wanted Dead or Alive" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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