SONG: Killing me softly

SIMPLE PAST Roberta Flack

1. Listen to the song.

2. Complete the song using the verbs in the box

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song

1. I (HEARD) he (SANG) a good song,

2. I (HEARD) he (HAD) a style
3. And so, I (CAME) to see him to listen for a while
4. and there he (WAS) this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song

5. I (FELT) all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd.

6. I (FELT) he (FOUND) my letters
7. and (READ) each one out loud
8. I (PRAYED) that he would finish but he just (KEPT) right on.
Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song

9. He (SANG) as if he (KNEW) me, in all my dark despair

10. And then he (LOOKED) right through me, as if I (WASN’T) there.
11. And he just (KEPT) on singing, singing clear and strong.

Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words
killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song

Looked knew sang kept read

prayed felt found was came
heard had sang were saw Wrote
played visited worked drove ate went
spoke drank ran wasn’t
 GROUP THE VERBS INTO REGULAR Vs IRREGULAR VERBS

Looked knew sang kept read prayed

felt found was came heard had sang were
saw wrote played visited worked drove ate
went spoke drank ran wasn’t

REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

1. Run ran 1. Visit Visited
2.Read Read
2.Look Looked
3.Know Knew
3.pray Prayed
4.Keep Kept
4.Hear Heard
5.Sing Sang
5.Play Played
6.Feel Felt
6.Visit Visited
7.was was
7.Work Worked
8.come came
8.Found Founded
9.Have Had
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10.Were Were
11.See Saw
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12.Write Wrote
13.Drive Drove
11.
14.Eat Ate
15.Go Went 12.
16.Speak Spoke
17.Drink Drank 13.
18.Run Ran
19.Wasn’t Wasn’t 14.
20. 15.

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