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FUTURE SIMPLE I VS.
FUTURE CONTINUOUS
LOVE RUNS OUT - ONEREPUBLIC
PART I) LISTEN TO THE SONG, FILL IN THE GAPS WITH CORRECT VERB FORMS FROM THE BOX:
will (x32) do (x2) be (x16) shut (x4) run (x6)
start (x4) feel (x4) work (x4)
1. ____ ____ your light, your match, your burning sun

2. ____ ____ the bright in black that's makin' you run
And 3. ____ ____ alright, and 4. ____ ____ alright
'Cause 5. ____ ____ it out, yeah, 6. ____ ____ it out
7. ____ ____ ____ this, if you have a doubt
'Til the love runs out, 'til the love runs out
8. ____ ____ your ghost, your game, your stadium

9. ____ ____ your fifty-thousand clapping like one
And I feel alright, and I feel alright
'Cause I worked it out, yeah, I worked it out
10. ____ ____ ____ this, if you have a doubt
I got my mind made up, man, I can't let go

I'm killing every second 'til it sees my soul
Oh, 11. ____ ____ ____ , oh, 12. ____ ____ ____
And 13. ____ ____ a fire, and 14. ____ ____ it down
There's a maniac out in front of me

Got an angel on my shoulder, and Mestopheles
But mama raised me good, mama raised me right
Mama said, "Do what you want, say prayers at night"
And I'm saying them 'cause I'm so devout
'Til the love runs out, 'til the love runs out, yeah
Oh, 15. ____ ____ ____, oh, 16. ____ ____ ____
Oh, we all want the same thing

Oh, we all run for something
Run for God, for fate, for love, for hate
For gold and rust, for diamonds and dust
Oh, 21. ____ ____ ____, oh, 22. ____ ____ ____
'Cause 27. ____ ____ it out, yes, 28. ____ ____ it out
'Til the love runs out
PART II) PUT THE VERSES IN THE CORRECT ORDER:

Oh, I'll be running, oh, I'll be running
And we'll start a fire, and we'll shut it down

There's a maniac out in front of me

Got an angel on my shoulder, and Mestopheles
But mama raised me good, mama raised me right
Mama said, "Do what you want, say prayers at night"
And I'm saying them 'cause I'm so devout
'Til the love runs out, 'til the love runs out, yeah
I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun

I'll be the bright in black that's makin' you run
Oh, we all want the same thing

Oh, we all run for something
I'll be your ghost, your game, your stadium
I'll be your fifty-thousand clapping like one
'Cause I worked it out, yeah, I worked it out
I'll be doin' this, if you have a doubt

And we'll feel alright, and we'll feel alright
'Cause we'll work it out, yes, we'll work it out
'Til the love runs out

'Cause we'll work it out, yeah, we'll work it out
I'll be doin' this, if you have a doubt
PART III) COMPLETE THE
TABLE:
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PRONUNCIATION INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
kill /d/ be been been
raise did done
start feel felt
want go went
work got gotten
have had
let let
made made
/t/
/d/ /d/ run run

/ɪd/ /ɪd/
say said
saw seen
shut shut
PART IV) FUTURE SIMPLE VS. FUTURE CONTINUOUS
Mark the examples of future simple in red..
Mark the examples of the future continuous in green.
PART V) OTHER TENSES – EXTRA CHALLENGE
What other tenses can you find examples of? Mark them in yellow.
How many phrasal verbs can you find? Mark them with a blue *.
PART VI) FOR THE UBER-GRAMMAR NERDS (LIKE YOURS TRULY - ME  )
Can you identify the rules?
Can you identify any idioms. Mark them with a pink *.

ANSWER KEY
PART I) PART II) PART IV) PART V)
1. I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun
I'll be the bright in black that's makin' you run (present continuous)
'Cause we'll work it out*, yeah, we'll work it out*
I'll be doin' this, if you have a doubt (present simple)
'Til the love runs out, * 'til the love runs out* (present simple)
2. I'll be your ghost, your game, your stadium

I'll be your fifty-thousand clapping like one (present continuous)
And I feel alright, and I feel alright (present simple)
'Cause I worked it out, * yeah, I worked it out * (past simple)
I'll be doin' this, if you have a doubt (present simple)
'Til the love runs out, 'til the love runs out (present simple)
3. I got my mind made up, * man, I can't let go * (present perfect, should be ‘have got’ /
present simple)
I'm killing every second * 'til it sees my soul (present continuous / present simple)
And we'll start a fire, and we'll shut it down *
'Til the love runs out*, 'til the love runs out* (present simple)
4. There's a maniac out in front of me (present simple)

Got an angel on my shoulder *, and Mestopheles (present perfect, should be ‘have got’)
But mama raised me good, mama raised me right * (past simple)
Mama said, "Do what you want, say prayers at night" (past simple / present simple)
And I'm saying them 'cause I'm so devout (present continuous / present simple)
'Til the love runs out*, 'til the love runs out*, yeah (present simple)
5. I got my mind made up, * man, I can't let go * (present perfect, should be ‘have got’ /
present simple)
I'm killing every second 'til it sees my soul (present continuous / present simple)
And we'll start a fire, and we'll shut it down *
6. Oh, we all want the same thing (present simple)

Oh, we all run for something (present simple)

I'll be the bright in black that's makin' you run (present continuous)
I got my mind made up *, man, I can't let go * (present simple)
I'm killing every second 'til it sees my soul (present continuous / present simple)

And I feel alright, and I feel alright (present simple)
'Cause we'll work it out*, yes, we'll work it out*
And we'll start a fire, and we'll shut it down*
'Til the love runs out* (present simple)
PART III) COMPLETE THE TABLE:
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
INFINITIVE PRONUNCIATION INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
kill /d/ Be been been
raise /d/ do did done
start /ɪd/ feel felt felt
want /ɪd/ go went gone
work /t/ get got gotten
have had had
let let let
make made made
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
shut shut shut
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FUTURE SIMPLE I VS.

will (x32) do (x2) be (x16) shut (x4) run (x6)

start (x4) feel (x4) work (x4)

1. ____ ____ your light, your match, your burning sun

8. ____ ____ your ghost, your game, your stadium

I got my mind made up, man, I can't let go

There's a maniac out in front of me

Oh, we all want the same thing

I got my mind made up, man, I can't let go

I got my mind made up, man, I can't let go

There's a maniac out in front of me

I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun

Oh, we all want the same thing

I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun

I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun

REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS

raise did done

start feel felt

work got gotten

/d/ /d/ run run

PART IV) FUTURE SIMPLE VS. FUTURE CONTINUOUS

Mark the examples of future simple in red..

Mark the examples of the future continuous in green.

PART V) OTHER TENSES – EXTRA CHALLENGE

PART VI) FOR THE UBER-GRAMMAR NERDS (LIKE YOURS TRULY - ME  )

Can you identify the rules?

Can you identify any idioms. Mark them with a pink *.

2. I'll be your ghost, your game, your stadium

4. There's a maniac out in front of me (present simple)

6. Oh, we all want the same thing (present simple)

7. I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun

8. I'll be your light, your match, your burning sun

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