Improve your listening and writing skills by filling in the blanks in the song lyrics. These activities are designed for Beginners and Intermediates to learn new vocabulary related to a specific topic in a quick and fun way.
For today’s lyrics we bring you another hit from Coldplay called The Scientist. This ballad written by all of the band members was released in 2002 and it has become a timeless hit since then. Enjoy it!
Exercise
Fill in the missing words: chasing – would – meet – Nobody – lovely – back – love – speak – apart – hard – numbers – circles – shame – Nobody. ⇩
This activity is case sensitive so make sure to use capital letters when needed.
Grammar
Past simple (irregular verbs)
Some verbs are irregular in the past simple form. This means they do not end in -ed, as many past simple verbs do.
There is no rule about these verbs: all we can do is memorize them, although you may find some patterns that will help.
Students often make flash cards or make sentences with these verbs to remember them well. Here are some common examples:
No change from base form:
cost = cost
set = set
quit = quit
shut = shut
put = put
Finish in a d or t sound:
lose = lost
sleep = slept
keep = kept
send = sent
meet = met
lead = led
hear = heard
There is a vowel change:
win = won
run = ran
write = wrote
forget = forgot
Complete change of word:
be = (I, he, she, it) was / (you, they, we) were
take = took
go = went
have = had
Related Course Units
Unit 61 – To be in past simple 
I love it ♥️
This song is very beautiful and emotional.
We can learn that not living in the present moment can change our lives a lot and we can regret it later.
Thank you very much, Caroline, for your interesting work.
I love this song.
Hello Caroline, I a ppreciate learning english by lyrics of pop songs. I would like Love story, Woman in love etc
Great song!