Listening - Song - Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler (B1)

Watch the video and complete the activities below.

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Gap Fill

Listen carefully to Verse 1 and type the missing words in the blanks.

Where have all the men gone

And where are all the ?

Where's the street-wise Hercules
To the rising odds?

Isn't there a knight upon a fiery steed?

Late at I toss and turn and dream of what I need

Activity 2: Unscramble the Sentences

Drag and drop the words to put them in the correct order to form the lines of Chorus 1.

I need a hero...

holding

night

out

I'm

of

till

end

a

hero

for

the

the

be

gotta

strong

He's

fast

gotta

He's

be

and

the

fresh

fight

from

be

he's

gotta

And

Activity 3: Spot the Mistake

Listen to Chorus 2. There is one WRONG word in each line. Click on the wrong word and type the correct word in the box.

I need a hero...

1.

Correction:

2.

Correction:

3.

Correction:

4.

Correction:

Larger than life...

Activity 4: Minimal Pairs Selection

Read Verse 2 and click on the correct word you hear in the song.

1. Somewhere after ( midnight / daylight )

2. In my wildest ( fantasy / memory )

3. Somewhere just beyond my ( reach / touch )

4. There's someone reaching back for ( me / you )

5. Racing on the thunder and rising with the ( heat / beat )

6. It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my ( feet / street )

Activity 5: Match the Halves

Listen to the Bridge. Drag the endings from the blue box and drop them next to their correct beginnings.

1. Up where the mountains

2. Out where the lightning

3. I could swear that there's

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood

4. I can feel his approach

Drag from here:

splits the sea

meet the heavens above

like a fire in my blood

someone somewhere watching me

🧠 Post-Listening: Interpretation & Vocabulary

Based on the song's lyrics, choose the best option for each question.

1. The expression "toss and turn" in the first verse means:

A) To sleep very peacefully and deeply.

B) To move around in bed because you cannot sleep.

C) To throw things around the bedroom when you are angry.

2. When the singer says "he's gotta be fresh from the fight", she implies that the hero should be:

A) Taking a shower after a long day.

B) Avoiding any kind of conflict or danger.

C) Ready for action and coming directly from a victory.

3. The idiom "sweep me off my feet" in Verse 2 is used to describe:

A) Making someone fall in love with you suddenly and completely.

B) Someone cleaning the floor very quickly.

C) Pushing someone so hard that they fall down on the ground.