Animals by Maroon 5 — ESL Song Worksheet | English Plans

Animals

Maroon 5 · 2014

Listen carefully and fill in the missing words.

    Verse 1
Baby, I'm preying on you (1)
Hunt you down eat you (2)
Just like animals, animals
Like animals-mals

Maybe you think that you can (3)
I can smell your (4) for miles
Just like animals, animals
Like animals-mals

Pre-Chorus
Baby I'm

Verse 2
So what you trying to do to me
It's like we can't (5), we're enemies
But we get along when I'm inside you, eh
You're like a drug that's (6) me
I cut you out entirely
But I get so high when I'm inside you

Bridge 1
Yeah, you can start over you can run (7)
You can find other fish in the sea
You can pretend it's meant to be
But you can't stay away from me

I can still hear you making that (8)
Taking me down rolling on the ground
You can pretend that it was me
But no, oh

Chorus
Baby, I'm preying on you tonight
Hunt you down eat you alive
Just like animals, animals
Like animals

Maybe you think that you can hide
I can smell your scent for miles
Just like animals, animals
Like animals-mals

Verse 3
Baby, I'm

So if I run it's not (9)
You're still in my head (10) stuck
So you can do what you wanna do, eh
I love your lies I'll eat 'em up

But don't deny the (11)
That comes alive when I'm inside you

Bridge 2
Yeah, you can start over you can run free
You can find other fish in the sea
You can (12) it's meant to be
But you can't stay away from me

I can still hear you making that sound
Taking me down rolling on the ground
You can pretend that it was me
But no, oh

[Chorus]

Outro
Don't tell no lie, lie, lie, lie
You can't deny-ny-ny-ny
The (13) inside-side-side-side
Yeah yeah yeah

No girl, don't lie, lie, lie, lie
You can't deny-ny-ny-ny
The beast inside-side-side-side
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Just like animals, animals
Like animals-mals

[Final Chorus + Outro repeat]
  

Animals

Maroon 5 · 2014

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Synonym Swap

Replace each underlined word with a synonym from your own vocabulary. Then choose ONE word and rewrite the lyric line using your synonym.

1. preying →

2. scent →

3. enemies →

4. deny →

5. entirely →

6. stuck →

The Missing Verse

Write one more verse for this song. Try to match the style, rhythm, and emotional tone of the original.

Your verse should feel like it belongs in the song. Use at least one image or word from the lyrics — for example: animals, hunt, hide, smell, inside, or high. Think about the feeling of being unable to escape someone.

Did you know?

Read these facts about the song. Which one surprises you most?

🎵Maroon 5 formed in Los Angeles in 1994 under the name Kara's Flowers before becoming Maroon 5 in 2001. Lead singer Adam Levine has been the only consistent member throughout the band's career, which spans over two decades of pop and rock music.
⭐Animals was released in August 2014 as the lead single from Maroon 5's fifth studio album V. The song debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making it one of the band's most successful singles and helping the album reach number one.
🎸The music video for Animals, directed by Samuel Bayer, was controversial upon release for its intense and dramatic imagery. Despite the controversy, it accumulated hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and significantly boosted the song's radio and streaming numbers worldwide.
📀Adam Levine is not only a musician but also became a household name in the United States as a long-running coach on the television talent show The Voice. He appeared on the show from 2011 to 2019, helping many aspiring singers launch their careers.
🎤The word animals in pop music is often used as a metaphor for raw, instinctive human emotion or desire. Maroon 5 use animal imagery throughout this song to contrast civilised behaviour with deeper, uncontrollable feelings, a theme that appears frequently in Romantic and modern literature.

Discussion & analysis

Discuss each question with your partner.

1The singer compares the relationship to two animals. What does this metaphor suggest about how he sees love — is it something beautiful, dangerous, or both? Explain your answer.
2The phrase 'you can find other fish in the sea' is a well-known idiom. What does it mean, and why do you think the singer uses it here? Does it change how you feel about the narrator?

3Have you ever felt 'stuck' on a song, a film, or a person you couldn't stop thinking about? What makes something impossible to get out of your head?
4Modal verbs like 'can't' and 'can' appear many times in this song. What do they tell us about power and control in this relationship? Who really has the power — and can we know for sure?

🎭 Play It! — Charades

A student (or teacher) secretly picks a song title or artist from the board. They act it out — no speaking, no miming letters. First person to guess correctly takes the next turn.