Simple Past Verbs in the Song “Lost Boy” Worksheet

A.  Review the past-tense forms in the song “Lost Boy.” 

close – closed am/ is – was
love – loved come – came
reach – reached have / has – had
realize – realized hit – hit
soar – soared say – said
sprinkle – sprinkled see – saw
want – wanted tell – told

B.  Write the verbs in parentheses in the past tense. Check your answers. Then listen to the song while reading the lyrics.

Lost Boy
by Ruth B. 

There was a time when I (am) ________________ alone,
Nowhere to go and no place to call home.
My only friend (is) ________________ the man in the moon,
And even sometimes he would go away, too.
Then one night, as I (close) ________________ my eyes,
I (see) ________________ a shadow flying high.
He (come) ________________ to me with the sweetest smile,
(Tell) ______________ me he (want) ______________ to talk for a while.
He (say) _______________, “Peter Pan, that’s what they call me.
I promise that you’ll never be lonely.”
And ever since that day,

I am a lost boy from Neverland,
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan.
And when we’re bored, we play in the woods,
Always on the run from Captain Hook.
“Run, run, lost boy,” they say to me,
Away from all of reality.
Neverland is home to lost boys like me,
And lost boys like me are free.

He (sprinkle) ________________ me in pixie dust
And (tell) _____________ me to believe–
Believe in him and believe in me.
Together we will fly away in a cloud of green
To your beautiful destiny.
As we (soar) ________________ above the town
That never (love) _______________ me,
I (realize) ________________ I finally (have) ________________ a family.
Soon enough we (reach) ________________ Neverland.
Peacefully my feet (hit) ________________ the sand.
And ever since that day,

I am a lost boy from Neverland,
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan.
And when we’re bored, we play in the woods,
Always on the run from Captain Hook.
“Run, run, lost boy,” they say to me,
Away from all of reality.
Neverland is home to lost boys like me,
And lost boys like me are free.
Neverland is home to lost boys like me,
And lost boys like me are free.

Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Wendy Darling,
Even Captain Hook, you are my perfect story book.
Neverland, I love you so.
You are now my home sweet home,
Forever a lost boy at last.
And for always I will say,

I am a lost boy from Neverland,
Usually hanging out with Peter Pan.
And when we’re bored, we play in the woods,
Always on the run from Captain Hook.
“Run, run, lost boy,” they say to me,
Away from all of reality.
Neverland is home to lost boys like me,
And lost boys like me are free.
Neverland is home to lost boys like me,
And lost boys like me are free.