This song is about reflecting on a past relationship that has ended. The singer talks about how they used to feel happy being with their ex-partner but also lonely in their company. While the breakup was difficult and the singer felt cut off, they realize now that their ex is just somebody that they used to know and that the relationship is truly in the past. The verbs throughout the song are predominantly in the past tense, reflecting on feelings and experiences that the singer no longer has with their former partner.

1. Music day!!
Did you break up with someone?
Well, then this is your song!
The past is past. It’s over!
It was what it was, now just turn the page and be
happy 

4. You’ll see the verbs marked in yellow…try to discover if they are in present or past!
You’ll listen to the song, try to sing it following the lyrics!

5. Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could
die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still
remember
You can get addicted to a certain kind of
sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So, when we found that we could not make
sense
Well, you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we
were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels
so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then
change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now and then I think of all the times you
screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something
that I'd done

6. But I don't wanna live that way, reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Somebody, I used to know
Somebody, now you're just somebody that I used to know
Somebody, I used to know
Somebody, now you're just somebody that I used to know
I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody

8. 1. Match the halves; fill in the gaps with one of the following prepositions.
Prepositions: for, like, of, in, on, at, about.
1) Now and then I think ____ a) you felt so happy you
could die
2) ____ when you said b) ______ your company
3) Told myself that c) it's an ache I still
remember
4) But felt so lonely d) when we were together
5) But that was love and e) you were right ______ me

9. 2. Listen to this part. Then, guess and match the verbs and the
meaning in this song.
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need, that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

10. Verbs
Cut (me) off
Make out
Need
Stoop (low)
Collect
Change
Feel
Guess
Meanings
Necesitar / To feel the necessity
Distanciar, apartar a alguien / To separate
from someone
Hacer como que / To pretend
Rebajarse (caer bajo) / To lower oneself
Cambiar / To make a substitution
Sentir / To experience an emotion
Imaginar / To think or believe

11. 3. Make a list of all the verbs you find in the verb tenses they
are.
Which tense predominates throughout the song?
Past simple!!
Used to ____
If you say that you used to do something, you
are talking about an activity or habit in the past
which has now finished.

12. Now write 6 sentences in which you apply “used to _____”