Blame Diego Fernández 1 ESO!

 This is Diego’s only fault. But honestly I have never seen ( this is for Martín) a song with more verbs in the simple past. Let’s go for it!!! Yes, we can!!!

Simple Past. Regular and irregular verbs

Can you write the verbs on the right in the past to complete the song?. I know, it is really long. The longest I have ever used in my lessons! But when you have finished, you will know most of the irregular verbs. ( Always look on the bright side of life... and that is another one)

American Pie  by Don McLean

A long, long time ago, I can still remember
How that music ……….  ……. make me smile             use
And I ……… if I ……… my chance                              know   have 
That I ……… make those people dance                       can 
And maybe they'd be happy for a while

But February …………. me shiver                              make
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I ………… take one more step                                    can’t
I can't remember if I cried
When I …….. about his widowed bride                       read
But something ………  me deep inside                       touch
The day the music …………..                                     die

 

So, bye, bye, Miss American Pie
………….. my Chevy to The Levee, but The Levee was dry             drive
And them good old boys …….. drinkin' whiskey in Rye                      be
Singin', "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die"

 

Did you write the Book of Love?                  For those who didn’t remember how to ask questions!!!
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock 'n' roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I ……… you dancing in the gym                                 see
You both ………. off your shoes
Then I dig those rhythm and blues
I ………. a lonely teenage broncin' buck                                 be
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I ………… I was out of luck                                              know
The day the music died

……….

Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester ……… for the king and queen                       sing
In a coat he ………… from James Dean                                borrow
And a voice that …………. from you and me                          come

Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester ……….. his thorny crown                                       steal
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lennon read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we ……….. dirges in the dark                                         sing
The day the music died

………………..

Helter Skelter in the summer swelter
The birds ………. off with a fallout shelter                               fly
Eight miles high and fallin' fast
It ………….. foul on the grass                                                 land
The players t……… for a forward pass                                   try
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast

Now, the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants ……… a marching tune                          play
We all ……… up to dance                                                      get
Oh, but we never ………… the chance                                   get
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

……………………

Oh, and there we were, all in one place
A generation …………… in space                              lose
With no time left to start again
So come on, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash ………. on a candlestick                           sit
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend

Oh, and as I ………….. him on the stage                    watch
My hands were ………… in fists of rage                     clench
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames ………. high into the night               climb
To light the sacrificial rite
I ……….. Satan laughing with delight                         see
The day the music died

 

…………………………………………

 

I ………… a girl who sang the blues                           meet
And I ………. her for some happy news                      ask
But she just ……….. and turned away                        smile
I ……… down to the sacred store                               go
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there ………. the music wouldn't play     say

And in the streets, the children ……….                       scream
The lovers …….. and the poets ……….                      cry-dream
But not a word …….. spoken                                      be
The church bells all ……… broken                             be
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They ………. the last train for the coast                      catch
The day the music …….                                             die