Level: High Beginning and Up
Pair with the Song: “The Castle on the Hill” (Ed Sheerhan, 2017)
Recommended Video: the official lyric video (There are references to alcohol and smoking in this song; previewing is advised.)

This song has 13 verbs in the simple past tense, 5 regular and 8 irregular (was, broke, found, got, had, left, lost, and made). Below is a chart of the verb forms and a lyrics gap-fill exercise targeting the verbs. Lyrics intended for nonprofit educational use only. For more activities to pair with this song, please see the Lesson Plan.

castle-gap-fill-past.docx          castle-gap-fill-past.pdf