Love of my Life – Queen

1 – Complete the spaces with the verbs in brackets.

"Love of My Life" is a ballad by the British rock band Queen from

their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song …………………………..
(be/write) by Freddie Mercury about Mary Austin, with whom he
………………. (have) a long term relationship in the early 1970s. After
performing the song in South America in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers
…………………..…… (reach) number 1 in the singles chart in Argentina and Brazil, and ……………………
(stay) in the charts in Argentina for an entire year. Freddie Mercury ………………… (write) it on
the piano and guitar first, and Brian May ………………………..(rearrange) the song for acoustic 12-
string guitar for live performances

2 - Match the lines

 Love of my life,  can't you see,

 You've broken my heart  you've hurt me,
 Love of my life  you don't know what it means to me.
 Bring it back,  and now you leave me.
 Don't take it away from me because  bring it back,

3 – Choose the right option

Chorus

Love of my life, don't live / leave me,

You've taken/stolen my love, you now desert / deserve me,
Love of my life, don’t / can't you see?
Bring it back, bring it back,
Don't give / take it away from me because you won’t / don't know what it means/ feels to me.

4 – Listen and complete

You …………………………….. remember

When this is blown …………………………..
And ……………………………….'s all by the …………………
When I …………………… older
I ……..…………. ……………… there at your side to …………………… you how I still ………………….. you,
I still love you.

Back, ……………………….. back,

…………………, bring it back ……………….. to me because you don't …………………. what it means to me.
Love of my life
Love of my life...
Love of my Life – Queen
(ALBUM VERSION)

1 – Complete the spaces with the verbs in brackets.

"Love of My Life" is a ballad by the British rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the
Opera. The song was written (be/write) by Freddie Mercury about Mary Austin, with whom he
had (have) a long term relationship in the early 1970s. After performing the song in South America
in 1981, the version from their live album Live Killers reached (reach) number 1 in the singles chart
in Argentina and Brazil, and stayed (stay) in the charts in Argentina for an entire year. Freddie
Mercury wrote (write) it on the piano and guitar first, and Brian May rearranged (rearrange) the
song for acoustic 12-string guitar for live performances

2 - Match the lines

 Love of my life,  can't you see,

 You've broken my heart  you've hurt me,
 Love of my life  you don't know what it means to me.
 Bring it back,  and now you leave me.
 Don't take it away from me because  bring it back,

3 – Choose the right option

Chorus

Love of my life, don't live / leave me,

You've taken/stolen my love, you now desert / deserve me,
Love of my life, don’t / can't you see?
Bring it back, bring it back,
Don't give / take it away from me because you won’t / don't know what it means/ feels to me.

4 – Listen and complete

You will remember

When this is blown over
And everything's all by the way
When I grow older
I will be there at your side to remind you how I still love you,
I still love you.

Back, hurry back,

Please, bring it back home to me because you don't know what it means to me.
Love of my life
Love of my life...