Comprehension Questions

Objective: Enhance listening comprehension skills by listening to the song lyrics and answering
comprehension questions.

Pre-listening Discussion: Begin by discussing how songs often express emotions, experiences,
and personal reflections. Mention that songs can be open to interpretation and that different
listeners might have varying insights.

Listening:What Was I Made For? by Billie Eilish

I used to float, now I just fall down When did it end? All the enjoyment
I used to know but I'm not sure now I'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriend
What I was made for It's not what he's made for
What was I made for? What was I made for?

Takin' a drive, I was an ideal 'Cause I, 'cause I

Looked so alive, turns out I'm not real I don't know how to feel
Just something you paid for But I wanna try
What was I made for? I don't know how to feel
But someday I might
'Cause I, I Someday I might
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try Think I forgot how to be happy
I don't know how to feel Something I'm not,
But someday, I might but something I can be
Someday, I might Something I wait for
Something I'm made for

Comprehension Questions:

a. What contrast does the singer express between their past and present state in the lyrics?
b. What does the singer mean by "I used to know but I'm not sure now"?
c. What is the singer's reflection on their purpose in the lines "What I was made for, What was I
made for?"
d. How does the singer feel about their current existence as expressed in "Takin' a drive, I was
an ideal, Looked so alive, turns out I'm not real"?
e. Explain the significance of the phrase "Just something you paid for, What was I made for?"
f. What emotions is the singer grappling with according to the lines "I don't know how to feel,
But I wanna try"?
g. What is the singer's perspective on potential future emotions in "But someday, I might"?
h. How does the singer's mood shift in the lines "When did it end? All the enjoyment, I'm sad
again, don't tell my boyfriend, It's not what he's made for"?
i. How does the singer view their own identity and purpose in the lyrics "Think I forgot how to
be happy, Something I'm not, but something I can be, Something I wait for, Something I'm
made for"?