You're beautiful

Let's practise simple past and present simple with "You're beautiful" of James Blunt. The exercises are below the video.

You’re Beautiful – James Blunt

(You can hand in the worksheets to your students)

Fill in the blanks with the correct verb tense. Then, listen and check:

My life ....................... (to be -present) brilliant.
My love ......................... (to be- present )pure.
I .......................... (see – past) an angel.
Of that I...................... (to be – present) sure.
She ........................... (smile - past) at me on the subway.
She ........................... (to be – past) with another man.
But I won’t lose no sleep on that,
‘Cause I’ve got a plan.

You ..........................(to be – present) beautiful, you..........................(to be – present) beautiful.
You..........................(to be – present) beautiful, it’s true.
I ....................... (see – past) your face in a crowded place.
And I ......................... (not know –present) what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.

Yeah, she ........................ (catch – past) my eye
As we .................... (walk –past) on by.
She ............................. (can –past) see from my face that I was flying high,
And I .............................. (not think – present) that I’ll see her again,
But we.............................(share –past) a moment that will last till the end.

You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
I .............................(see – past) your face in a crowded place.
And I ......................... (not know –present) what to do,
‘Cause I’ll never be with you.
You’re beautiful, you’re beautiful.
You’re beautiful, it’s true.
There must be an angel with a smile on her face,
When she ...............................(think –past) up that I should be with you.
But it ..............................(to be –present) time to face the truth.
I will never be with you.