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When I Need You

Leo Sayer · 1976

When I Need You by Leo Sayer (1976) — 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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Lyrics + translation · letras.mus.br

🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • When I need you
  • I just close my eyes and I'm with you
  • And all that I so wanna give you
  • It's only a heartbeat away

Echo the hook

  • Keeping me warm night and day
  • Miles and miles of empty space in between us
  • A telephone can't take the place of your smile
  • But you know I won't be traveling forever
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I justmy eyes and I'm with you

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

It's only aaway

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Iknew there was so much love

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Miles andof empty space in between us

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

But you know I won't beforever

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

I hold out my hands and Ilove

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I need you

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When I need love

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

But you know I won't be traveling forever

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Honey, that's a heavy load that we bear

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I just close my eyes

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When I ? you

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? out my hands and I touch love

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

A ? can't take the place of your smile

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And all that I so wanna ? you, babe

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

I hold out my ? and I touch love

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 "need" in the whole song?

"need"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "it's" in the whole song?

"it's"

Exercise 24

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

  • And you're right here by my side
  • It's only a heartbeat away
  • When I need you

Exercise 25

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

  • And all that I so wanna give you
  • Keeping my warm night and day
  • Oh, I need you

Exercise 26

If you could change the ending of the story told in "When I Need You", what would happen instead?

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Exercise 27

Describe the mood of "When I Need You" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?

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Exercise 28

Who in your life would you dedicate "When I Need You" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'm→
  • wanna→
  • it's→
  • can't→
  • won't→
  • that's→

Exercise 30

"When I Need You" was released in 1976. 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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