Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

Exercise 1 Listen and circle the correct simple past tense verb.

1. I were/was five and he

2.
3.

were/was six
We rode/stood on horses
made of sticks
He wears/wore black and I
wore white
He would always win the fight

4. Bang bang, he shot/shots

5.
6.

me down
Bang bang, I hitted/hit the
ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, my baby
fought/shot me down.

7. Seasons came/became and

8.

changed/changes the time

When I grew/grow up, I
called/will call him mine
He would always laugh and
say
"Remember when we used to
play?"

9. Bang bang, I sat/shot you

down
10. Bang bang, you hit/hitted
the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot
you down.

11.

Music played/plays, and

people sing/sang
Just for me, the church bells
rang/ring.

Now he's gone, I don't know

why
And till this day, sometimes I
cry
12. He didn't/doesnt even
say goodbye
He dont/didn't take the time
to lie.

13.

Bang bang, he shot/sat

me down
14. Bang bang, I fit/hit the
ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
15. Bang bang, my baby
shot/sat me down...

Exercise 2 Fill in the correct

simple past tense verb.
1. I ________ five and he was six
2. We ________ on horses made of
sticks
3. He ________ black and I
________ white
He would always win the fight

4. Bang bang, he ________me

down
5. Bang bang, I ______ the ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
6. Bang bang, my baby _______
me down.

12. Just for me, the church bells

__________.
Now he's gone, I don't know why
And till this day, sometimes I cry
13. He _________ even say goodbye
14. He _________ take the time to
lie.

7. Seasons ________ and

__________ the time
8. When I _______ up, I
________him mine
He would always laugh and say
"Remember when we used to
play?"

15. Bang bang, he ________me

down
16. Bang bang, I ________ the
ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
17. Bang bang, my baby ________
me down...

9. Bang bang, I _______ you down

10. Bang bang, you _______ the
ground
Bang bang, that awful sound
Bang bang, I used to shoot you
down.
11. Music __________, and people
_________

Word bank
was
hit
came
sang

rang
rode
grew

wore
didnt
shot

called
changed
played

Exercise 3 Write the simple past form of the verb.

Base form

Simple past form

1. come
2. ring
3. play
4. be

a.___________b. __________