GOOD INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED STUDENTS

Listen to this song by Mary Hopkin and fill in the gaps.

1. ___ ____ _ ____ there was a tavern
2. Where we ____ __ _____ a glass or two
3. Remember how we ______ ____ the hours
4. And dreamed of all the great things we _____ __ 
5. Those were the days my friend
6. We thought ______  _____ ___
7. We'd __________ ___ __________ forever and a day
8. We'd live the life we  __________
9. We'd fight and never lose
10. For we were __________ and sure to ____ ___ ___.
11. La la la la...
12. Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
13. Then the busy years ____  _______ by us
14. We lost our starry notions on the way
15. If __ ______ I'd see you in the tavern
16. We'd smile at __________ __________ and we'd say
17. Just tonight I _____ ______ the tavern
18. Nothing ______ the way 18 __ ____ __ __
19. In the glass I saw a ______ reflection
20. Was that ______ woman really me 
21. Through the door there came familiar _______
22. I saw your face and _____ you call my name
23. Oh my friend we're older but no _____
24. For in our ______ the dreams are _____ the same

What do you think the title of the song is?

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ADVANCED STUDENTS: Find examples of the use of 'would' and 'used to' to express habits in the past.


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lines 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 18