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Listening Activity
This listening activity is based on the song “Forever Young by Alphaville“. The song lyrics are beautiful and ideal for English learners and include many interesting language topics, such as metaphors.
Let’s start with some information about the song!
Forever Young by Alphaville
Forever Young is the title track by German group Alphaville. This listening activity includes interesting information about the song, a link to the lyrics, and the official video.
Forever Young by Alphaville
Level
Beginner and intermediate students.
Facts about the Song
- Song: Forever Young
- Album: Forever Young
- Date of release: September 1984
- Genre: Synthpop, new wave
- Length of the song: 3 minutes and 45 seconds.
- Writer: Bernhard Lloyd, Marian Gold, Frank Mertens
- Produced by: Colin Pearson, Wolfgang Loos, Andreas Budde
Interesting Information about the Song
“Forever Young” has become something of a pop culture standard. It has been performed by numerous musical groups and in different versions and has appeared in television series, movies, and advertisements.
The Video
The Lyrics
Language Points
The song includes many interesting language points:
Expressions that may be useful to students:
- Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while
- Do you really want to live forever, forever forever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever forever forever
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever forever
Forever young, I want to be forever
Listening Comprehension
Sentence Completion Exercise
Complete these sentences while listening to the song:
- Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while. Heaven can wait, we’re only watching the ________.
- Let us die young or let us live forever. We don’t have the power but we never say ________.
- Praising our leaders, we’re getting in tune. The music’s played by the ________.
- Some are like water, some are like the ________. Some are a melody and some are the beat.
- It’s so hard to get old without a ________. I don’t want to perish like a fading horse.
- Youth’s like diamonds in the ________. And diamonds are forever.
- So many adventures couldn’t happen today. So many songs we forgot to ________.
Gap-Fill Exercise
These words are used in the lyrics of the song:
- Perish: To die, especially in a sudden or untimely manner.
- Melody: A sequence of musical notes that is pleasant to listen to.
- Praising: Expressing approval or admiration for someone or something.
- Adventures: Exciting or unusual experiences.
- Forever: For an endless time; eternally.
- Imagination: The ability to create ideas or pictures in your mind.
- Fading: Gradually growing faint and disappearing.
Complete these sentences with the words provided above:
- The flowers in the garden began to ________ as winter approached.
- She hummed a cheerful ________ as she walked down the street.
- The team spent the evening ________ their coach for his excellent leadership.
- Their travels were full of ________, from exploring ancient ruins to hiking through jungles.
- He promised to love her ________, no matter what happened.
- The artist used her ________ to create a fantastical world in her paintings.
- As the sun set, the colors of the sky started ________ into twilight.
Source: Wikipedia