Answer key: Student Booklet When I Was Your Man

Contextualization

Word bank (p. 1)

1. tear me down: to destroy someone emotionally.

2. apologize: to express regret for doing or saying something wrong.

3. pride: a feeling that you respect yourself and deserve to be respected by other people.

4. ego: the opinion that you have about yourself.

5. selfish: having or showing concern only for yourself and not for the needs or feelings of other people.

6. mess: a situation that is very complicated or difficult to deal with.

7. haunts: to eventually cause problems for (someone) as time passes.

Fill in the blanks exercise (pp. 2-3)

"When I Was Your Man" by Bruno Mars

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now Our song on the radio but it don't sound the same When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name It all just sounds like oooooh Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize That I should have bought you flowers And held your hand Should have gave you all my hours When I had the chance Take you to every party Cause all you wanted to do was dance Now my baby's dancing But she's dancing with another man My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ohh And it haunts me every time I close my eyes It all just sounds like oooooh Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize That I should have bought you flowers And held your hand Should have gave you all my hours When I had the chance Take you to every party Cause all you wanted to do was dance Now my baby's dancing But she's dancing with another man Although it hurts I'll be the first to say that I was wrong Oh, I know I'm probably much too late To try and apologize for my mistakes But I just want you to know I hope he buys you flowers I hope he holds your hand Give you all his hours When he has the chance Take you to every party Cause I remember how much you loved to dance Do all the things I should have done When I was your man

Do all the things I should have done When I was your man

You tell me Guided Questions (p. 4)

1. Examine the title and the verb tense that is used. According to these details, who are the two people who play the main roles in this song? According to the title and the use the simple past, a man (Bruno Mars) and his ex-girlfriend play the main roles in this song. 2. What are the feelings expressed by the writer of the song? Give an example from the lyrics where these feelings are expressed. The writer of the song expresses regret and sadness. This is illustrated in this stanza: Although it hurts I'll be the first to say that I was wrong Oh, I know I'm probably much too late To try and apologize for my mistakes But I just want you to know

3. What are two examples of actions that are the cause of these feelings? The man (Bruno Mars) didnt buy flowers to his ex-girlfriend and he didnt spend enough time with her. (This kind of information can be found in the stanzas in which the structure should + have + past participle is used).

Decontextualization

Fill in the blanks exercise (p. 6)

1. Amlie should have bought the iPod from the Apple Store.

2. I should not have driven so fast to go to the party.

3. Yesterday, at McDonalds, I should have ordered an extra cheeseburger.

4. We should not have told Zack that Emma was with James.

Personal examples (p. 6): Answers may vary.

Ex: I should have talked sooner with my best friend about our quarrel.

Recontextualization (p. 7) Answers may vary.

Ex: I should have cared more about his/her feelings.