Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N' Roses · 1987
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
- Watch it bring you to your sha-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n knees, knees
- Mwah, I, I wanna watch you bleed
- Welcome to the jungle, we take it day by day
Echo the hook
- Feel my, my, my, my serpentine
- Ooh, ah, I want to hear you scream
- Welcome to the jungle, it gets worse here every day
- You learn to live like an animal in the jungle where we play
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Mwah, I, I wanna watch you bleed
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Mwah, I'm gonna watch you bleed
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You're in the jungle, baby, you're gonna die
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It's gonna bring you down, huh
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Feel my, my, my, my serpentine
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Welcome to the ? we've got fun and games
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
In the jungle, ? to the jungle
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Mwah, I, I ? watch you bleed
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Ooh, ah, I ? to hear you scream
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
You ? where you are?
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "jungle" in the whole song?
"jungle"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "welcome" in the whole song?
"welcome"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
- Oh my god
- Watch it bring you to your sha-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-knees, knees
Exercise 25
Rewrite the chorus of "Welcome to the Jungle" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 26
If you had to summarize "Welcome to the Jungle" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 27
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Welcome to the Jungle" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
we've→wanna→you're→gonna→it's→who's→
Exercise 29
Who in your life would you dedicate "Welcome to the Jungle" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?
Exercise 30
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.