Used to for past habits and states

One of my new students told be about this song which she sings when walking up the stairs - unfortunately it is very hard to find clean copies on youtube due to licensing so this is from another site. I have not seen it before but avast tells me it is safe





The verses and adlibs are mixed up in this one.

The space race is over - Billy Bragg

I was looking for a song about travel and space but wanted something different from Space Oddity. (Again!) I found this one by chance, talks about dreams and disappointments too. I remember watching the moon landings and hearing all the promises and ...

The Space Race Is Over

When I was young I told my ..........
I'm going to walk on the Moon someday
Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to ..........
From Houston and Cape Kennedy
And I watched the Eagle landing
On a night when the Moon was ..........
And as it tugged the tides, I knew that deep inside
I too could feel its ..........

I lie in bed and dreamed I walked
On the Sea of Tranquility
I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the ..........
On the high ..........  of technology
But the dreams had all been taken
And the window seats taken ..........
And 2001 has almost come and gone
What am I supposed to .......... ?
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the ..........
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we've all grown up too ..........

Now my dreams have all been shattered
And my wings are tattered too
And I still can fly but not half as ..........
As once I wanted to
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the ..........
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we've all grown up too ..........

My son and I stand beneath the great night ..........
And gaze up in wonder
I tell him the tale of Apollo
And he says "Why did they ever go?"
It may look like some empty gesture
To go all that way just to come ..........
But don't offer me a place out in ..........
Cos where in the hell's that at?
Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get out of my ..........
Now that the space race is over
And I can't help but feel that we're all just going ..........

back

cyberspace

do

full

high

me

moon

moon

moon

mum

nowhere

pull

room

sky

soon

soon

tide

too

Worksheet here

As a follow up you can look at virgin galactic , for one of Richard Branson's enterprises. 

Jungle Rock - Hank Mizell

For past simple and continuous - worksheet to follow!

Jealous Guy - Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music

I used this as a practise activity for past simple and continuous. Note the song is much longer than I usually use but you can cut it off at about 3.25

Jealous Guy – Roxy Music

I .................................... (dream) of the past
And my heart .............................. (beat) fast
I ........................ (begin) to lose control (x2)

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I ....................................... (feel) insecure
You might not love me anymore
I ......................................... (shiver) inside (x2)

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't want to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

I ................................ (try) to catch your eye
I ........................... (think) that you was tryin' to hide
I .................................. (swallow) my pain (x 2)

I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you
I'm just a jealous guy

Worksheet here

Monster Mash - Bobby Pickett and the Cryptkickers

I used this song to introduce the idea of mythical creatures with a higher level teen group. Also a lot of examples of past simple and past continnuous for lower levels. (And the vid is good!)



Link to worksheet here
 

Monster Mash – Bobby Picket and the Crypt-kickers

I was working in the lab, late one night

For my monster from his slab, began to rise

When my eyes beheld an eerie sight

And suddenly to my surprise

He did the mash, he did the monster mash
The monster mash, it was a graveyard smash
He did the mash, it caught on in a flash
He did the mash, he did the monster mash

The ghouls all came from their humble abodes

To get a jolt from my electrodes

To the master bedroom where the vampires feast

From my laboratory in the castle east

They did the mash , they did the monster mash
The monster mash, it was a graveyard smash
They did the mash , it caught on in a flash
They did the mash , they did the monster mash

The zombies were having fun

The party had just begun

The guests included Wolfman

Dracula and his son

With their vocal group, 'The Crypt-Kicker Five'

The coffin-bangers were about to arrive

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds

Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds

They played the mash, they played the monster mash
The monster mash, it was a graveyard smash
They played the mash, it caught on in a flash
They played the mash, they played the monster mash

"Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?

Out from the coffin', Drac's voice did ring

Seems he was troubled by just one thing

Opened the lid and shook his fist and said

Then you can mash, then you can monster mash The monster mash and do my graveyard smash Then you can mash, you'll catch on in a flash Then you can mash, then you can monster mash

It's now the mash, it's now the monster mash
The monster mash, and it’s a graveyard smash
It's now the mash, it caught on in a flash
It's now the mash, it's now the monster mash
 

Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band

For you, the living this mash was meant too

When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you

And my Monster Mash is the hit of the land

Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter Paul and Mary

A song for the past simple - I remember singing this as a kid :) (And no it is not a reference to smoking magic tobacco!) NB a few difficult words!

Puff the Magic Dragon

Puff, the magic dragon ....................... (live) by the sea
And .......................... (frolic) in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Little Jackie Paper ................... (love) that rascal Puff
And ................... (bring) him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff, oh

Chorus

Puff, the magic dragon ..................... (live) by the sea
And ....................... (frolic) in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon ...................... (live) by the sea
And ....................... (frolic) in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee

Together they ..................... (will) travel on a boat with billowed sail
Jackie kept a lookout ......................... (perch) on Puff's gigantic tail
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they ................. (come)

Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff ................. (roar) out his name, oh

Chorus

A dragon lives forever but not so little boys
Painted wings and giants rings make way for other toys
One gray night it ........................ (happen), Jackie Paper .................. (come) no more
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ......................... (cease) his fearless roar

His head ......................... (be) bent in sorrow, green scales ................... (fall) like rain
Puff no longer .......................... (go) to play along the cherry lane
Without his life-long friend, Puff ........................ (can) not be brave
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly .......................... (slip) into his cave, oh

Chorus

Link for worksheet here