Wild Horses
The Rolling Stones · 1971
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Couldn't drag me away
- Wild, wild horses
- Couldn't drag me away
- I watched you suffer
Echo the hook
- We'll ride them someday
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:
The things you wanted
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
You know who I am
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I watched you suffer
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Or treat you unkind
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I have my freedom
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Is ? to do
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
You ? who I am
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Couldn't ? me away
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
To ? me the same
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Or ? you unkind
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 "wild" in the whole song?
"wild"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "horses" in the whole song?
"horses"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- I have my freedom
- Is easy to do
- Now you decided
Exercise 25
And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:
- Faith has been broken
- Or treat you unkind
- The things you wanted
Exercise 26
If you could ask The Rolling Stones one question about "Wild Horses", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Wild Horses" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you had to summarize "Wild Horses" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→couldn't→don't→let's→we'll→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Wild Horses" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?