Welcome To My Life – Simple Plan

1. Choose the right word:

Do you ever see/ feel/deal like breaking down?

Do you ever feel out of race/maze/place?
Like somehow you just don't strong/among/ belong
And woman/no one/known understands you

Do you ever want to fun/gun/run away?

Do you knock/ block/lock yourself in your room?
With the radio on turned up so proud/loud/sound
That no one here/hears/tears you screaming

No you don't now/no/ know what it's like

When nothing feels bright/alright/right
You don't know what it's like/bike/lake
To be like my/me/mine

2. Put the lines in the right order:

…….To be left out in the dark

…….Welcome to my life
…… No you don't know what it's like
…….And no one's there to save you
…….To be hurt, to feel lost
…….To be on the edge of breaking down
…….To be kicked when you're down
…….To feel like you've been pushed around

3. Fill the gaps with synonyms of the words in the box:

Do you wanna be ………………………….else? someone

Are you…………………… of feeling so left out? ill/tired (of)
Are you ………………….. to find something more
impatient/hopeless
Before your life is……………….?
finished
trapped
Are you …………….inside a world you hate?
Are you sick of …………………….around? everybody
With their big ……………..smiles and stupid lies false
While …………… inside you're bleeding profound
4. Fill the gaps with the past simple tense of the verbs in brackets:

No one ever ……………..(lie) straight to your face

And no one ever …………….…(stab) you in the back
You might think I'm happy
But I'm not gonna be okay

Everybody always ……………….(give) you what you ………………....(want)

Never ………..……(have) to work it ……………(be) always there
You don't know what it's like
What it's like

5. Read & match the correct meanings:

 stab someone in the  (to be) depressed or miserable

back  to feel pity, sorrow
 push (someone)  to harass someone physically / to threaten to hurt
around someone
 (to be) down  to have a physical or mental collapse/ to lose control
of one's emotions
 to leave out
 to omit, to exclude
 to bleed inside
 to thrust a knife into someone's back / to betray
 to break down someone
Use of English: key word transformations

For questions 1-12, complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the
first sentence, using the word given. Do NOT change the word given. Use between TWO and
FIVE words, including the word given.

1. The only person who didn’t dance was Mary. except

Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary.

2. People think he escaped in a helicopter. thought

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . he escaped in a helicopter.

3. He extinguished the fire with a blanket. put

He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with a blanket.

4. Some people have said that judges are not strict enough. been

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . that judges are not strict enough.

5. I’ll lend you some money as long as you pay me back tomorrow. that

I’ll lend you some money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you pay me back tomorrow.

6. You mustn’t take photos in the museum. allowed

You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . photos in the

museum.

7. Their boat sank but they were able to swim to the shore. managed

Their boat sank but they . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to the shore.

8. I can’t sleep with the lights on. unless

I can’t sleep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . off.

9. Owing to Ruth’s illness, the trip was put off. of

The trip was put off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth’s illness.

10. People believed that he was married to Ann Chester. believed

He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . married to Ann Chester.

11. When was the last time you had a dental check? ago

How long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a dental check?

12. Can you take care of the children while I’m out? after

Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the children while I’m out?