Intermediate: What is a hung Parliament

Here you can see the video with subtitles.

Regrets: I Will Survive

A video to work on conditionals and well, tenses in general.

The chorus comes up several times, so take advantage of that! there are some tricky contractions...

Don't miss the choreography!

The Tense Challenge: American Pie

Here's The Tense Challenge! Try to complete all the gaps before listening. If you'd rather have a printed version, well, just copy and paste the lyrics below.

Good luck!





Transcript

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music _________________ me smile.
And I _________if I had my chance
That I _________make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But February ________ me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I _______
When I _______ about his widowed bride,
But something ________me deep inside
The day the music ________.

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
_______ my chevy to the levee,
But the levee ______ dry.
And them good old boys ______________ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

_______________ the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you’re in love with him
`cause I ______you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

I _____a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I ________ I was out of luck
The day the music _______.

I _________ singin’,
"bye-bye, miss american pie…

Now for ten years we___________ on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
But that’s not how it ___________.
When the jester _________ for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me,

Oh, and while the king ___________ down,
The jester ___________ his thorny crown.
The courtroom _____________;
No verdict _________________.
And while Lennon ________ a book of marx,
The quartet ____________ in the park,
And we ____________ dirges in the dark
The day the music ______________.

We _______________,
"bye-bye, miss american pie…

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds _________ off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It ___________ foul on the grass.
The players _________for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air ________ sweet perfume
While the sergeants __________a marching tune.
We all _________ to dance,
Oh, but we never _________the chance!
`cause the players __________to take the field;
The marching band __________to yield.
Do you recall what _________________
The day the music ____________?

We _________ singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie…

Oh, and there we __________ all in one place,
A generation ___________ in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash ____________ on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

Oh, and as I ________________ him on the stage
My hands were _______________ in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
_____________ break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames _____________ high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I _____________ satan laughing with delight
The day the music __________

He __________________,
"bye-bye, miss american pie…

I __________ a girl who ____________ the blues
And I ______________ her for some happy news,
But she just ______________ and _____________ away.
I _____________ down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there ____________ the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets: the children ____________,
The lovers ___________, and the poets __________.
But not a word _________________;
The church bells all __________________.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They _______________ the last train for the coast
The day the music ________________.

And they __________________,
"bye-bye, miss american pie… (bis)