Valentine's day - worksheet

Click--> "I'm a believer" (song by Monkees)

I’m a Believer by the Monkees  (lyrics from www.stlyrics.com)

Fill in the blanks with correct form of past tense:

I ___________love was only true in fairy tales (think)
_________ for someone else but not for me. (mean)
Love was out to get me 
That's the way it ____________ (seem)
Disappointment __________ all my dreams. (haunt)

Then I _______ her face, now I'm a believer (see)
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I'm in love, I'm a believer!
I couldn't leave her if I _______ (try)

I __________ love was more or less a given thing, (think)
Seems the more I gave the less I ________(get)
What's the use in tryin'?
All you get is pain.
When I needed sunshine I got rain.

Then I ________her face, now I'm a believer (see)
Not a trace of doubt in my mind.
I'm in love, I'm a believer!
I __________ leave her if I tried (can)

Valentine's Day is for love)

Discuss the questions below:

1.  The singer says: "Love was out to get me"..and "Disappointment haunted my dreams"

    

      - has the singer had an easy or difficult time with love and romance?

      - what other expressions describe the difficult time he has had with love?

2.   Is the singer going to give up on trying to find love? How do you know?

3.   He says there is "not a trace of doubt" in his mind. Is he optimistic about love now?