Fix you by coldplay

1. Choose the correct word.

When you tie/ try your best but you won’t/ don’t succeed
When you get/ let what you want but no/not what you need
When you fill/ feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

2. Task 2: Listen and fill-in the gaps with the correct words from the box.
Face

Lose

Love

Come

Replace

Waste

And the tears 1_______ streaming down your 2_________
When you 3________ something you can't 4_________
When you 5________ someone, but it goes to 6__________
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

3. Cross out the extra word in each line.
And high up above or down below to

When you're too in love to and let it go
But if you never try is you'll never know
Just what you're worth on
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

4. Listen and put the sentences in order
1-4
( ) When you lose something you cannot replace
( ) Tears stream down on your face
( ) And on your face I...
( ) Tears stream down on your face

5-8
( ) And on your face I...
( ) Tears stream down on your face
( ) I promise you I will learn from my
mistakes
( ) Tears stream down on your face

(Chorus)
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Match the words to their correct definitions:


1

2

IGNITE
SUCCEED

A
B

3
4
5
6

TRY
STUCK
WORTH
REPLACE

C
D
E
F

To achieve something
To become firmly fixed in one position, and thereforedifficult
or
impossible to move
Good enough reason for doing something.
To burn
To attempt to do something

To get rid of someone or something, and to put a new person
or thing in their place

Circle the verbs in the Present Simple tense in the song.
Task 6: Answer the questions about the song:
1)
2)
3)
4)

What do you think the song is about?
Do you like the song? Why? Why not?
When does a person need to be fixed?
How and why would you ‘fix’ someone?