Celine Dion Because You Loved Me - Past Simple

Because you Loved Me - Celine Dion and the Past Simple Tense

1) Pass out a to each student one line from the song.  When they hear their line said the student stands up. 

2) Students should fill in the blanks on a separate sheet of paper.  Students write blanks on the board

3) Ask students if there is vocabu lary that they don’t understand

4) Listen to song and check student answers.

5) Review words and song. See if any rules can be found. Talk about the meaning of the text.

Because You Loved Me 

For all those times you stood by me

For all the truth that 

you          1           (to make) me see

For all the joy 

you             2           (to bring) to my 

life

For all the wrong that you made right

For every dream you made come true

For all the love I         3        (to find) 

in you

I'll be forever thankful baby

You're the one who           4       (to 

hold) me up

Never let me fall

You're the one who saw me through through it 

all


You were my strength when I was weak

You              5             (to be) my 

voice when I               6         (can 

neg.) speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You              7           (to give) me 

faith 'coz you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me


You gave me wings and made me fly

You                 8             (to touch) 

my hand I could touch the skyI              9               (to lose) my faith, you gave it back to me

You                 10              (to say) 

no star was out of reach

You stood by me and 

I            11             (to stand) tall

I                12           (to have)  your 

love I                13           (to have) 

it all

I'm grateful for each day you gave me

Maybe I don't know that much

But I know this much is true

I was blessed because I was loved by you



You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'coz you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me



You were always there for me

The tender wind that carried me

A light in the dark shining your love into my 

life

You've been my inspiration

Through the lies you were the truth

My world is a better place because of you



You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak

You were my eyes when I couldn't see

You saw the best there was in me

Lifted me up when I couldn't reach

You gave me faith 'coz you believed

I'm everything I am

Because you loved me


I'm everything I am

Because you loved me

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