Lesson Plan: COMPLICATED by Avril Lavigne

• This is a Jigsaw activity that you can use with a Pre-intermediate gorup of students. The aim of this excersise is to practise Listening and Sequencing. In this excersise you will have to cut the lyrics into strips and deliver them to the students, then listen to the song at a suitable speed and put the words in order. When ready, check the excersise with the full answer key.

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And if you could only let it be
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And if you could only let it be
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And promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
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And you fall and you crawl and you break
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And You fall and you crawl and you break
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And You fall and you crawl and you break
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And you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
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And you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
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And you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
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And you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
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And you're talking to me one on one but you've become
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Cause life's like this
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Chill out whatcha yelling for?
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Chill out whatcha yelling for?
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Dressed up like you're somethin' else
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I like you the way you are
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I see the way you're acting like your somebody else gets me frustrated
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I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
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I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
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I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
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Laugh out when you strike your pose
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Lay back it's all been done before
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Lay back, it's all been done before
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Life's like this you
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Life's like this you
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Life's like this you
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Life's like this you
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no no
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no no no
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no no no
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no no no
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Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
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Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
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Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
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Somebody else round everyone else
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Somebody else round everyone else
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Somebody else round everyone else
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Take off all your preppy clothes
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Tell me
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Tell me
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Tell me
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Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
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Uh huh, life's like this
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Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is
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Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is
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Watching your back, like you can't relax
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When we're drivin' in your car
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When you've become
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Where you are and where it's at you see
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Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
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Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
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Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
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Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
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You come over unannounced
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You fall and you crawl and you break
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You know you're not fooling anyone
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you will see
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You will see
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You're making me
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You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
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You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me
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You're watching your back like you can't relax
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You're watching your back, like you can't relax
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Full answer key.

Uh huh, life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh, that's the way it is
Cause life's like this
Uh huh, uh huh that's the way it is
Chill out whatcha yelling for?
Lay back it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
you will see
I like you the way you are
When we're drivin' in your car
And you're talking to me one on one but you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And you fall and you crawl and you break
And you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
And promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're somethin' else
Where you are and where it's at you see
You're making me
Laugh out when you strike your pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know you're not fooling anyone
When you've become
Somebody else round everyone else
Watching your back, like you can't relax
Trying to be cool you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And You fall and you crawl and you break
And you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no
Chill out whatcha yelling for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
Somebody else round everyone else
You're watching your back, like you can't relax
You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me
Tell me
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
And You fall and you crawl and you break
And you take what you get and you turn it into
honesty
Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no
Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting like your somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this you
You fall and you crawl and you break
And you take what you get and you turn it into honesty
Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it
no no no