With Arms Wide Open
Creed · 1999
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- With arms wide open
- With arms wide open
- Well, I don't know if I'm ready
- To be the man I have to be
Echo the hook
- I'll show you everything, oh yeah
- With arms wide open
- Wide open
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary
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:
Well, I just heard the news today
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Welcome to this place, I'll show you everything
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
To be the man I have to be
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
I'll show you love, I'll show you everything
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
It seems my life is going to change
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Well, I just ? the news today
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
I ? my eyes, begin to pray
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Welcome to this ? I'll show you everything
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
We ? in awe, we've created life
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
With arms wide open, now ? has changed
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 19
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 20
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 21
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "welcome" in the whole song?
"welcome"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "wide" in the whole song?
"wide"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- To be the man I have to be
- Well, I just heard the news today
- With arms wide open
Exercise 25
If you could ask Creed one question about "With Arms Wide Open", what would it be and why?
Exercise 26
Rewrite the chorus of "With Arms Wide Open" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 27
If you had to summarize "With Arms Wide Open" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?
Exercise 28
Write the full form of each contraction:
i'll→don't→i'm→we've→he's→
Exercise 29
Match each English word or phrase to its Portuguese meaning.
- arms wide open→
- welcome→
- teach→
- hope→
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "With Arms Wide Open" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?