When things go wrong

A. Listening comprehension

1. Listen to the song carefully twice. The lyrics below has been changed. You must spot the mistakes and supply the right words. 

Cryin'
Aerosmith

There was a time

When I was so desperate                                      

You weren’t much of a friend of mine

The cards have turned, yeah

'Cause me and them ways have parted

That kind of love was the dying kind

Listen, all I want is someone I can believe

I know all I need to know by the way

that I was blissed

I was smiling when I saw you

Now I'm tryin' to seduce you

Your love it dark misery

I was dyin' just to kiss you

Now I'm cryin' 'cause I let you

Do what you want - down on me

Now there's not even breathin' room

Between leisure and pain

Yeah you try when we're makin' love

Must be one and the same

It's down on me

Yeah I got to tell you a secret

It's been in my heart

Girl, I gotta say

We're partners in love

You got that special something

What you give to me

Takes my breath away

Now the word out on the street

Is the devil's in your lips

If our home goes up in flames

It's a fire I can't put out

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm tryin' to forget it

Your love is sweet surrender

I was cryin' just to get you

Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

Do what you do to me

'Cause what I got inside

Ain't where your love should hide

Yeah, our love, sweetheart, ain't love

'Til you give your soul away

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm tryin' to forget you

Your love is sweet and tender

I was cryin' just to get you

Now I'm dyin' just to let you

Do what you do what you do down on me,

baby, baby, baby

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm tryin' to forget you

Your love is sweet misery

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

Do what you do down to, down to, down to, down to

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm tryin' to forget you

Your love is sweet

I was cryin' when I met you

2. Now answer the questions below.

   a) Choose the line that best sums up the man’s feelings.

   b) The song is addressed to a woman. Who do you think this woman might be? Account for   

       your answer.

   c)  Why do you think he ‘is trying to forget her’?

   d)  Can you guess what went wrong between them?

B. Grammar Review: Past simple and Past continuous

Study the following:

‘I was crying when I met you’, he says. was crying: past continuous of ‘cry’ –        auxiliary verb ‘be’ + verb+-ing met: past simple of meet (irregular verb)

1. What do you imagine she was doing when they met?

Write a sentence using the past continuous and the past simple.

2. Remember and write.

    Where were you, and what were you doing the first time you…

a. saw

b. talked to

c. fought with

… your girlfriend/boyfriend/the one you fancy/ ex-girl.friend/ex-boyfriend?

    And what was he/she doing?

C. Writing practice

Write the dialogue between the man and the woman in the song…

a.      when they first met.

b.      when they broke up.