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
The singer makes a claim or statement in this song. Do you agree with it? Use evidence from the lyrics to support your answer.
Exercise 27
Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?
Exercise 28
"Wild Horses" was released in 1971. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 29
Write the full form of each contraction:
can't→couldn't→don't→let's→we'll→
Exercise 30
If you had to summarize "Wild Horses" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?