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B1.1·rock · post-grunge·3:52

With Arms Wide Open

Creed · 1999

Father-to-son narrative in present perfect + future. B1 challenge: follow emotional progression across verses.

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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

Fill the blank in this line:

Well, I justthe news today

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

Itmy life is going to change

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Imy eyes, begin to pray

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

With arms wide openthe sunlight

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

Welcome to thisI'll show you everything

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

Wein awe, we've created life

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:

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 "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?

arms wide openwelcometeachhope

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).

arms wide openwelcometeachhope

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?

arms wide openwelcometeachhope

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?

arms wide openwelcometeachhope