New Heaven High School 9th grade English Department

Antofagasta Miss B. Arredondo

Name: ___Ariana Zavaleta Loayza___1M-A____ Date: _______________Group: _________

Objetivo de la guía: demostrar comprensión de ideas generales e información explicita en textos de

formato audiovisual como canciones sobre temas variados.

Instructions: Listen to the song and read the lyrics. Then, answer the questions and
analyze the tense studied.
Lyrics
I got my driver's license last week And all my friends are tired
Just like we always talked about Of hearing how much I miss you, but
I kinda feel sorry for them
'Cause you were so excited for me
'Cause they'll never know you the way that I
To finally drive up to your house do, yeah
But today I drove through the suburbs
Crying 'cause you weren't around Today I drove through the suburbs
And pictured I was driving home to you
And you're probably with that blonde girl
Chorus again
Who always made me doubt
She's so much older than me
Red lights, stop signs
She's everything I'm insecure about I still see your face in the white cars, front
Yeah, today I drove through the suburbs yards
'Cause how could I ever love someone Can't drive past the places we used to go to
else? 'Cause I still f$&!# love you, babe (ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh)

Chorus: Sidewalks we crossed

And I know we weren't perfect but I've I still hear your voice in the traffic, we're
never felt this way for no one laughing
And I just can't imagine how you could be Over all the noise
God, I'm so blue, know we're through
so okay now that I'm gone But I still $&!# love you, babe (ooh, ooh,
Guess you didn't mean what you wrote in ooh, ooh)
that song about me
'Cause you said forever, now I drive alone Chorus again
past your street
Yeah, you said forever, now I drive alone
past your street

Key words bank:

Suburbs: suburbios
Blonde: rubia
Doubt. dudar
Older: mayor
Insecure: insegura
Someone else: alguien más
Kinda of: algo, un poco
Front yards: jardines
Sidewalks: veredas
Noise: ruido
To be blue: estar triste
Alone: sola

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English Handout: Unit 1 (Simple Past Tense)
New Heaven High School 9th grade English Department
Antofagasta Miss B. Arredondo

Comprehension Questions
Instruction: Answer the following questions with explicit information of the song.

1. What achievement did the speaker make last week?

Got your driver's license.

2. How did the boy feel about that event?

it's OK.

3. Why was the speaker crying?

because the child was not with her.

4. How did the speaker feel about the blonde girl?

It always made her doubt made her insecure.

5. What did the boy promise to the speaker?

that I would be with her forever.

Inference Questions
Instruction: Answer the following questions with explicit information of the song.

6. How did the speaker feel about the situation?

he felt very sad since he misses the boy.

7. What do you think that happened after?

try to forget it and move on.

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English Handout: Unit 1 (Simple Past Tense)
New Heaven High School 9th grade English Department
Antofagasta Miss B. Arredondo

Tense Analysis

Instruction: Write 3 sentences from the song that are in simple past sentence.
Underline what gives you that information (verbs, adverbs of time, etc.).

For example: I got my driver’s license last week.

1. __________And I know we weren't perfect____________________________

2. _______Guess you didn't mean what you wrote in that song about me______

3. ___________Can't drive past the places we used to go to________________

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English Handout: Unit 1 (Simple Past Tense)