Songs To Practice Passive Voice

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SING THE PASSIVES

Read the song lyrics and try to deduce where the passive verbs in the box go.
Then listen and check. Can you name any of the artists?
GOOD LUCK!
wasn’t built am enlightened am caught was covered were meant
am amazed was lost was loved is gone wasn’t built
were meant was locked was lost are made was lost

1.
Sweet dreams (1)________________ of this
Who am I to disagree?
I travel the world
And the seven seas,
Everybody's looking for something.

2.
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby, I (2)_____________ by you

3.
Yeah, hey Yeah, tears that soak a callous heart
Why you act frightened?
I (3) ____________________
Your weakness builds me, so someday you'll see

I stay away

4.
Precious little angel
Take a look at what you've done
Well I thought my time was over
But it's only just begun
Precious little angel
You're my own sweet turtle dove
Won't you stay with us forever
In a bundle full of love

I (4) _______________ until you came

Precious little angel


Won't you spread your light on me
I (5)_______________ up in the darkness
Now you've come to set me free
I (6)_______________ up with sadness
SING THE PASSIVES
I _______________ in my own tears
I've been cynical and twisted
I've been bitter all these years

I (7)_______________ until you came


I (8)_______________ until you came

5.
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I (9)______________ by you

6.
Let's have a black celebration
Black celebration
Tonight

To celebrate the fact


That we've seen the back
Of another black day

I look to you
How you carry on
When all hope (10)____________
Can't you see?
Your optimistic eyes
Seem like paradise
To someone like
Me
I want to take you in my arms
Forgetting all I couldn't do today
7.
You and me, (11)____________ to be,
Walking free, in harmony,
One fine day, we'll fly away,
Don't you know that Rome (12)___________ in a day,
Hey hey hey.

In this day and age it's so easy to stress,


'Cause people act strange and you can never second guess,
In order to love, child, we got to be strong,
I (13)______________ in the cross fire,
Why can't we get along.

You and me, (14)____________ to be,


Walking free, in harmony,
One fine day, we'll fly away,
Don't you know that Rome (15)___________ in a day,
Hey hey hey.

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