WORKSHEET 2

Somebody That I Used To Know

Written and Performed by Gotye featuring Kimbra
What do you think the speaker means in each sentence? One example is done for you.

a. Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over. She is saying that she sometimes thinks
about the times when the other person gave
her a hard time.

b. But had me believing it was always something that I'd done.

c. But I don't wanna live that way.

d. Reading into every word you say.

e. You said that you could let it go.

f. And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know.

VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS

Match the definitions below with the vocabulary in italics in the sentences from a to f above.

1. synonym to deceive

2. to give someone a hard time

3. non-standard Eng. for ‘want to’

4. when someone is unable to recover from a failed relationship with someone else

5. synonym to make assumptions

6. to abandon something

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