Rolling in the deep by Adele

A) Put the lyrics in the correct order.

___ Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare Find in the song a word or a phrase meaning
the following.
___ its bringing me out the dark
___ reaching a fever pitch,
1) Very easy to understand. ______________________
___ theres a fire starting in my heart
___Finally I can see your crystal clear
B) Choose the correct option
See how I leave/live with every piece of you
Dont underestimate the things/thinks that I will do
Theres a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch,
And its bringing me out the dark.
C) Correct the mistakes
The stars of your love remind me of us
They keep me telling that we almost had it all
The stars of your love they make me breathless
I cant help thinking
D) Chorus: Fill in the gaps
We could have had it ______
Rolling in the ________
You had my _________ inside of your hand
And you _________ it to the beat

2) To fail to understand how strong, skilful,

intelligent or determined someone, especially a
competitor is. ___________
3) A state of very strong emotion.
_______________________
4) (A cause of) a feeling of great sadness.
__________________

5) To do something unpleasant to someone

because they have done something unpleasant to
you. ______________________
6) To be grateful for the good things in your life,
often to stop yourself becoming too unhappy about
the bad things. ______________________

D) Write the verbs in bracket in the correct tense.

Baby I have no story to be ______(tell)
But Ive _______(hear) one of you
And Im gonna make your head _______(burn)
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
It reminds you of the home we_____ (share)
The scars
Chorus
E) Fill in the gaps
Throw your soul through every open ________
Count your blessings to find what you _______ ______
Turned my ________ into treasured gold
You ________ me back in kind and reap just what you sow

Rolling in the deep by Adele (KEY)

A) Put the lyrics in the correct order.

_5_ Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
_3_ its bringing me out the dark
_2_ reaching a fever pitch,
_1_ theres a fire starting in my heart
_4_Finally I can see your crystal clear
B) Choose the correct option
See how I leave/live with every piece of you
Dont underestimate the things/thinks that I will do
Theres a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch,
And its bringing me out the dark.
C) Correct the mistakes
The SCARS stars of your love remind me of us
They keep me THINKING telling that we almost had it all
The SCARS stars of your love they make me breathless
I cant help FEELING thinking
D) Chorus: Fill in the gaps
We could have had it __ALL__
Rolling in the ___DEEP__
You had my __HEART__ inside of your hand
And you __PLAYED__ it to the beat
E) Write the verbs in bracket in the correct tense.
Baby I have no story to be __TOLD__(tell)
But Ive __HEARD__(hear) one of you
And Im gonna make your head _BURN__(burn)
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
It reminds you of the home we _SHARED_(share)

Questions for discussion

1. Who is she addressing
to in the song?
2. How does she feel?
(Account for your
answer)
3. Is she heartbroken?
Why?
4. Is she annoyed? Why?
5. Does she want revenge?
6. What does these mean?
We could have had it
all?
Played it to the beat

The scars
Chorus
F) Fill in the gaps
Throw your soul through every open __DOOR__
Count your blessings to find what you _LOOK__ _FOR__
Turned my _SORROW_ into treasured gold
You _PAY me back in kind and reap just what you sow

KEY: Find in the song a word or phrase meaning the following.

1) Very easy to understand (crystal clear)
2) To fail to understand how strong, skilful, intelligent or determined someone, especially a
competitor is (underestimate)
3) A state of very strong emotion (fever pitch)
4) (A cause of) a feeling of great sadness (sorrow)
5) To do something unpleasant to someone because they have done something unpleasant to
you (pay sb back).
6) To be grateful for the good things in your life, often to stop yourself becoming too unhappy
about the bad things (COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS)
7) Everything that happens to you is a result of your own actions (REAP WHAT YOU SOW)