Marvin Gaye – How deep is the ocean?

To practise: How, Interrogative, Question words, Questions
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This song comes with a worksheet to use in the classroomPractice the “how + adjective” question word interrogative in your ESL class with this song, How deep is the ocean? by Marvin Gaye.

These song lyrics include 5 examples of questions with the “how” question word: “how much”, “how high”, “how deep”, “how many” & “how far”.

There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here.

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Lyrics

How much do I love you?
I’ll tell you no lie
How deep is the ocean?
How high is the sky?

How many times a day do I think of you?
How many roses are sprinkled with dew?
How far would I travel to be where you are
How far is the journey from here to a star?

And if I left you, how much would I cry?
How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?

Suggested activity: put the words in the correct order

Download this exercise (PDF)

Try to put the words in the questions below into the correct order. Then listen to the song to check.

much do how you I love
I’ll tell you no lie
ocean is the deep how
is the sky high how

you do many day of think times how a I of
dew sprinkled roses many are with how
where are you to be far how travel I would
a star journey is here the far to how from

And if I ever lost you, I would cry much how
ocean is the deep how
is the sky high how

Marvin GayeAmerican singer (1939–1984)

Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, which earned him the nicknames “Prince of Motown” and “Prince of Soul”.

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