Cyndi Lauper - Time after time

Upper-intermediate exercise designed by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)

 

Complete the table overleaf then fill in the missing words in the song.

 

__________ in my bed I __________ the clock tick,

And __________ of you

__________ up in circles confusion

__________ nothing new

Flashback, warm nights

Almost __________ behind

Suitcases of memories,

Time after

 

Sometimes you __________ me,

I'm __________ too far ahead

You're __________ to me, I __________ __________

What you've __________

Then you say, __________ slow

I __________ behind

The second hand __________

 

Chorus:

If you're __________ you can __________, and you will __________ me (x2)

Time after time (x2)

If you __________ I will __________ you, I'll be __________ (x2)

Time after time (x2)

 

After my picture __________ and darkness has

__________ to grey

__________ through windows, you're __________

If I'm OK

Secrets __________ from deep inside

The drum __________ out of time

 

If you're __________ you can __________, and you will __________ me (x2)

Time after time (x2)

If you __________ I will __________ you, I'll be __________ (x2)

Time after time (x2)

 

You __________ go slow

I __________ behind

The second hand __________

 

If you're __________ you can __________, and you will __________ me (x2)

Time after time (x2)

If you __________ I will __________ you, I'll be __________ (x2)

Time after time (x2)

 

...Time after time (x8)


 

Past

Present

Beat

 

Couldn't

 

Faded

 

Fell

 

Found

 

Heard

 

Looked

 

Lost

 

Pictured

 

Thought

 

Unwound

 

Was

 

Went

 

 

 

Infinitive

'ing' form

To call

 

To lie

 

To wait

 

To walk

 

To watch

 

To wonder

 

 

 

Infinitive

Past participle

To catch

 

To leave

 

To lose

 

To say

 

To steal

 

To turn