Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 

(Sung by Cher & Nancy Sinatra)

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THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

• Exercise 1:  Simple Past Tense (Regular v Irregular Verbs)

• Language Points

• Exercise 2:  Nouns:  Common & Compound

• Title:             Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 

• Exercise:       1

• Level:            Pre-intermediate +

• Activity:         Gapped

• Practice:        Simple Past Tense (Regular v Irregular forms)

THE MISSING VERBS

be, call, change, come, grow, hit, play, ride, ring, say, shoot, sing, take, vow, wear

Irregular Verb List

Bang bang you ……….. (shoot) me down

Bang bang I ……….. (hit) the ground

Bang bang that awful sound

Bang bang my baby ……….. (shoot) me down

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I ………..(be) five and you ……….. (be) six

We ……….. (ride) on horses made of sticks

I ……….. (wear) black you ……….. (wear) white

You would always win the fight

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[Repeat chorus]

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Seasons ……….. (come) and ………..(change) the time

I ……….. (grow) up I ……….. (call) you mine

You would always laugh and say

Remember when we used to play

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[Repeat chorus]

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Music ……….. (play) and people ……….. (sing)

Just for me the church bells ……….. (ring)

After echoes from a gun

We both ……….. (vow) that we'd be one

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Now you're gone I don't know why
Sometimes I cry
You ……….. (not say) good bye
You ………..(not take) the time to lie

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[Repeat chorus]

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The Answer Key

USEFUL LANGUAGE POINTS

• Constructions for past habit
  • used to + infinitive (Remember when we used to play)
  • would + infinitive (You would always laugh and say / You would always win the fight)
• Reported speech construction, using the verb: VOW
  • We both vowed that we’d be one 

  Comprehension

  1. Question:  What does 'd mean in the above sentence?
  2. Question:   Write the sentence in direct speech

  Check your answers

• Title:             Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

• Exercise:       2

• Level:            Pre-intermediate +

• Activity:        Gapped

• Practice:       Nouns:  Common & Compound

THE MISSING NOUNS

ground, sound, baby, horses, sticks, fight, seasons, time, music, people, church bells, echoes, gun

Bang bang you shot me down

Bang bang I hit the …………

Bang bang that awful ……….

Bang bang my ……….shot me down

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I was five and you were six

We rode on ………made of ……….

I wore black you wore white

You would always win the ……….

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[Repeat chorus]

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……… came and changed the ……….

I grew up I called you mine

You would always laugh and say

Remember when we used to play

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[Repeat chorus]

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………. played and ……… sang

Just for me the ……….rang

After ………. from a ………

We both vowed that we'd be one

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Now you're gone I don't know why

Sometimes I cry

You didn't say goodbye

You didn't take the .......... to lie

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[Repeat chorus]

(Scroll to next box to check your answers)

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Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)

The full lyrics

• Nouns in blue

• Verbs in red

   Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

I was five and you were six
We rode on horses made of sticks
I wore black you wore white
You would always win the fight

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

Seasons came and changed the time
I grew up I called you mine
You would always laugh and say
Remember when we used to play

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

Music played and people sang
Just for me the church bells rang
After echoes from a gun
We both vowed that we'd be one

Now you're gone I don't know why
Sometimes I cry
You didn't say good bye
You didn't take the time to lie

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down

THE LANGUAGE POINTS ANSWER KEY 

1. ‘d = a) would b) had)
2. In direct speech: “We will always be together/an item/a couple/a partnership”

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