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We Found Love

Rihanna · 2011

We Found Love by Rihanna (2011) — 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

  • We found love in a hopeless place
  • We found love in a hopeless place
  • We found love in a hopeless place
  • We found love in a hopeless place

Sing it again — final chorus

  • We found love in a hopeless place
  • We found love in a hopeless place
  • Yellow diamonds in the light
  • Now we're standing side by side
foundhopelessplace

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

Yellowin the light

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

As yourcrosses mine

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

It's the way I'mI just can't deny

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Welove in a hopeless place

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Shine athrough an open door

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Feel thein my mind

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Now we're standing side by side

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

We found love in a hopeless place

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Turn away 'cause I need you more

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

As your shadow crosses mine

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Shine a light through an open door

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

Yellow ? in the light

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

What it ? to come alive

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

We ? love in a hopeless place

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

Love and ? I will divide

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

It's the way I'm feeling I just ? deny

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 "found" in the whole song?

"found"

Exercise 23

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

"hopeless"

Exercise 24

"We Found Love" was released in 2011. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 25

Imagine you are making a short film with "We Found Love" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

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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.

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Exercise 27

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • we're→
  • it's→
  • i'm→
  • can't→
  • i've→
  • gotta→

Exercise 28

If you could ask Rihanna one question about "We Found Love", what would it be and why?

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Exercise 29

Describe the mood of "We Found Love" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 30

Rewrite the chorus of "We Found Love" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

foundhopelessplacemine