![]() The Bee Gees – How can you mend a broken heart?.Practice the modal verbs “must have” covering past deduction, “should have” covering past obligation, and “might have” & “could have” covering past possibility in your ESL class with this song, Loser by… Not convinced?Try one of these songs below, that practise the same grammar or vocabulary as this one: I must have 12_ and cuddled up for yet another night I must have 11_ a while the latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style I must have 10_ around a quarter after ten The train back home again undoubtedly I must have 8_ then Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away I must have 4_ at half past twelve or so the usual place the usual bunchĪnd still on top of this I’m pretty sure it must have 5_ I must have 3_ around a quarter after nine I must have 1_ my house at eight because I always do Listen to the song and put the words in the list into the correct gaps. What order do you think the narrator must have done them in? go to bed / go to lunch / keep on dragging through the business of the day / leave my house / light my seventh cigarette / make my desk (make=arrive at) / rain / open my front door / read / read the evening paper / read the morning paper / yawnįor example: “First, she must have left her house. The problem is that she can’t remember everything clearly, so she talks about the things that she “must have done”. In the lyrics of this song a woman is remembering what she did the day before she met the love of her life. The day before you came Suggested activity: fill the gaps I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another nightĪnd rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain It’s funny but I had no sense of living without aim The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style I need a lot of sleep and so I like to be in bed by then I must have gone to bed around a quarter after ten There’s not I think a single episode of Dallas that I didn’t see I’m sure I had my dinner watching something on TV I must have opened my front door at eight o’clock or soĪnd stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go Oh yes I’m sure my life was well within it’s usual frame Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then Without really knowing anything I hid a part of me awayĪt five I must have left there’s no exception to the ruleĪ matter of routine I’ve done it ever since I finished school I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past twoĪnd at the time I never even noticed I was blue With letters to be read and heaps of papers waiting to be signedĪt half past twelve or so, the usual place the usual bunchĪnd still on top of this I’m pretty sure it must have rained ![]() I must have made my desk around a quarter after nine I must have read the morning paper going into townĪnd having gotten through the editorial no doubt I must have frowned My train I’m certain left the station just when it was due I must have left my house at eight because I always do ![]()
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