It's My Life Bon Jovi
a. pre-listening activity: try to guess some of the words that are wrong or do not appear in the song.
b. listening activity: check the words that you guessed and fill in the blanks while you listen.
Part 1: In this block some nouns don't appear, some of the nouns can be:
Money - Voice - Prayer - Train - Sun - Song - Face
This ain't a _________ for the broken-hearted
No silent _________ for the faith -departed
I ain't gonna be just a __________ in the crowd
You're gonna hear my ____________
When I shout it out loud
Part 2: Chorus. There are 8 words that are wrong; find them and write the correct words:
Highway - Alive(x2) - Life(x3) - Way - Never
It's my wife
It's now or always
I ain't gonna live forever
I just want to live while I'm young
It's my wife
My heart is like an open market
Like Frankie said
I did it my best
I just wanna live while I'm young
It's my wife
Part 3: Find out where some of the following verbs appear:
Make - Stood - Believe - Eating - Getting - Backed
This is for the ones who ________ their ground
For Tommy and Gina who never ________ down
Tomorrow's _____________ harder make no mistake
Luck ain't even lucky
Got to ________ your own breaks
(Chorus)
Part 4: As in the previous section some verbs have disappeared from the lyrics:
Calling - Telling - Bet - Bend - Back - Break - Stand
Better ________ tall when they're __________ you out
Don't _________, don't __________, baby, don't _________ down
(Chorus)
c. post-listening activity: do you know the meaning of:
-Broken-Hearted:
-Ain't:
-Alive:
-Gonna:
-Highway:
-Wanna:
