The Scientist

by Coldplay

I. Circle the word you hear.

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry/worried

You don't know how lovely/lonely you are

I has/had to find you

Tell you I need you
Tell you I set/said you apart

Tell me your secrets

And ask me your gestures/questions
Oh, let's go back to the start

Running in circles/circus
Coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

II. Transform the sentences into the Past. Don’t forget to use the sequence of tenses. Then listen
and check.

Nobody ____ it ____ easy Nobody says it is easy

It's such a shame for us to part It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody ____ it ____ easy Nobody says it is easy
No one ever ____ it _____ be this hard No one ever says it will be this hard

Oh, take me back to the start

III. Fill in the words you hear. Use the pictures for help.

I was just guessing

At …………………… and figures
Pulling the …………………… apart

…………………………… of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my …………………………

IV. Match the beginnings of the lines with their endings.

A)Tell me ( )as we are

B)Come back ( )in circles
C)Oh, and I rush ( )and haunt me

D)Running ( )our tails

E)Chasing ( )to the start
F)Coming back ( )you love me

Nobody ____ it ____ easy Nobody says it is easy

Oh, it's such a shame for us to part Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody ____ it ____ easy Nobody says it is easy
No one ever ____ it _____ be so hard No one ever says it will be so hard

I'm going back to the start

V. Choose the right answer.

1. What do you say when you feel sorry about something?

a) Nobody said. b) It’s a shame. c) Come back and haunt me.

2. What are the two sides of a coin?

a) heads and tails b) numbers and figures c) puzzles and circles

3. What can you say if you believe someone is special?

a) You are lovely. b) I need you. c) I set you apart.

4. What does the idiom to run in circles mean?

a) to do something without much progress

b) to work too much

c) to be lucky