Taylor Swift's "We are never ever getting back together"

You need a piece of paper to copy the answers to the activities. No need to copy the lyrics, just the anwers.

You also need headphones!

a) Watch this video, and listen to the song. Do you like the song? Can you guess what is it about?

b) Listen again and try to fill in the gaps with the words given:

exhausting   much    telling (x2)    never (x2)  hate    again   miss   other     tonight   what   last  first    forever  how  still   enough   screaming    you    your    me     my

I remember when we broke up the ______________ time
Saying this is it, I've had ______________, 'cause like
We haven't seen each ______________ in a month
When you said you needed space, ______________?

Then you come around ______________and say, baby
I miss you and I swear I'm gonna change, trust me
Remember ______________ that lasted for a day, I say
I ______________ you, we break up, you call me, I love you

Ooh...
We called it off again ______________ night
But ooh
This time I'm ______________ you, I'm ______________ you
We are never ever ever getting back together
We are never ever ever getting back together

You go talk to___________ friends, talk to ____________friends, talk to ______________
But we are never ever ever ever getting back together
Like ever!

I'm really gonna ______________ you picking fights and me
Falling for it ______________ that I'm right and ______________
Would hide away and find your peace of mind with some
Indie record that's ______________ cooler than mine

Ooh...
You called me up again ______________
But ooh...
This time I'...

I used to think that we were ______________ ever
And I used to say ______________say ______________
[spoken]
Uggg... So he calls me up and he's like
I ______________love you and I'm like
I mean.. this is ______________, you know, like
We're never getting back together, like ever
No!
We are never ever ever getting back together...


b) You probably hate phrasal verbs by now already, but they are used a lot, honest! Let's look for some, and find the meaning:
1. Break up
2. Come around
3. Get back
4. Call off
5. Fall for
6. Call up

c) Look for these expressions in the lyrics. What do you think they mean?
1. "...this is it, I had enough"
2."I swear"
3. "trust me"
4. "lasted for a day"
5.  "picking up fights"
6.  "find your peace of mind"
7.  "cooler" (= more "cool")
8.  "I used to think/to say"
9.  "I mean"

Fun's "We are young"

You need a piece of paper to copy the answers to the activities. No need to copy the lyrics, just the anwers.

You also need headphones!

a) Watch this video, and listen to the song. Do you like the song? Can you guess what is it about?

b) Listen again and fill in the gaps with the words bellow:

just   fire     forget    across     time  got    sun   take     ago    home (x2)      straight      drinks     falling    burn     know      friends

Give me a second I,
I need to get my story (1)______________
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the Empire State
My lover, she’s waiting for me just (2)______________the bar
My seat’s been taken by some sunglasses asking 'bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months (3)______________
I know you’re trying to (4)______________
But between the (5)______________and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I’m trying hard to (6)______________take it back
So if by the (7)______________the bar closes
And you feel like (8)______________down
I’ll carry you (9)______________

Tonight
We are young
So let’s set the world on (10)______________
We can (11)______________brighter than the (12)______________
(x2)


Now I (13)______________that I’m not
All that you (14)______________
I guess that I, I (15)______________ thought
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our (16)______________ are back
So let’s raise a toast
‘Cause I found someone to carry me (17) ______________

Tonight...


c) In the lyrics there are some phrasal verbs in bold, can you guess what they mean? Remember you can use the diccionary
1. take back
2. feel like
3. fall apart

 d) Find these expressions. What do you think they mean?
You obviously can not translate them word by word, you're going to have to use your imagination a bit.
1. "I need to get my story straight"
2.  "My seat's been taken"
3. "I'm trying hard"
4.  "I guess that..."
5.  "...find new ways..."
6. "...let's raise a toast"


Now, do you know Little Mix? This is their acoustic cover of the same song:

e) Which version  do you like more? Why?

Maroon 5 "Payphone"

You need a piece of paper to copy the answers of the activities. No need to copy the lyrics, just the anwers.

You also need headphones!

a) Watch this video, and listen to the song. Do you like the song? Can you guess what is it about?

Listen again and...

b) Fill in the gaps with the prepositions:

 on   for   at   to  of

I'm ______  a payphone trying ______call home
All ______ my change I spent ______ you
Where have the times gone
Baby it's all wrong, where are the plans we made ______ two?

c) Reorder :

___The people we used to be

___And in our time that you wasted

___That you're not here next to me
___But is it too late to try?
___Yeah, I, I know it's hard to remember

___All of our bridges burned down

___It's even harder to picture

___You say it's too late to make it

d) Fill in the gaps:
even   when   my   out  now

I've wasted ______ nights
You turned ______ the lights
______ I'm paralyzed
Still stuck in that time ______ we called it love
But ______ the sun sets in paradise

I'm at a payphone…

e) Now cross the extra word:

If happy end ever after did exist
I would still be holding you tight like this
All those fairytales are full of bull sh*t
One more bloody stupid love song I'll be sick

f) There is one missing word on each line. Can you hear what is missing?

You turned your on tomorrow
you forgot yesterday
I gave my love to borrow
But just gave away
You can't expect me to fine
I don't expect you care
I know I've said before
But all of our bridges burned

I've wasted my nights…

I'm at a payphone …

If happy ever after did exist…

Now I'm at a payphone...

j) When a verb and a preposition are together the meaning changes, remember?  I told you about "take back" (= retirar el que he dit).
There are a lot of phrasal verbs here, can you find them and work out what they mean? They are in bold to help you a little bit. You can use the diccionary
 
Man work that sh*t
I'll be out spending all this money while you sitting round
Wondering why it wasn't you who came up from nothing
Made it from the bottom
Now when you see me I'm stunning
And all of my cars start with the push up of a button
Telling me the chances I blew up or whatever you call it
Switched the number to my phone
So you never could call it
Don't need my name on my show
You can tell it I'm ballin'
Swish, what a shame could have got picked
Had a really good game but you missed your last shot
So you talk about who you see at the top
Or what you could've seen
But sad to say it's over for
Phantom pulled up valet open doors
Wiz like go away, got what you was looking for
Now ask me who they want
So you can go and take that little piece of sh*t with you

I'm at a payphone …

If happy ever after…

Now I'm at a payphone...

1. work out
2. sit round
3. come up
4. push up
5. blow up 
6. be over
7. pull up
8. go away
9. look for