TENSE TUESDAY: WH-QUESTIONS SONG LYRICS
26 / 05 / 2015
TENSE TUESDAY: WH-QUESTIONS SONG LYRICS: meaning and examples
Hello everyone! Happy Tuesday to you! I hope it's not too "tense." ;-)
For today's Tense Tuesday, we are looking at WH- QUESTIONS in a song. WH-QUESTIONS are questions that begin with WH- words, like WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY (and HOW). They use the auxiliary verbs DO/DOES/DID to form Simple Present and Simple Past Questions.
Example 1: What time does your class start?
Example 2: When did you go to bed last night?
We looked at using auxiliaries like DO/DOES in 2006. Click on the link below to see that lesson.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=640
We also looked at using DO/DOES in questions last October. The link for that lesson is below.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2432
A song from the 90s, "Where Did You Go?" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, uses the WH-QUESTION construction. It's a fun song, and it also uses a lot of Simple Past verbs.
Click on the link below to listen to the song. The lyrics are included after the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPB3jROgco
Where Did You Go?
Hello?
Checked the clock when I got home
And realized I was alone
Sat for hours by the window
Wonderin' "where did you go?"
Couldn't eat or sleep at all
Took the pictures off the wall
Paced the place as time moves slow
And I'm wondering "where did you go?"
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
I wanna know
Lit a cigarette I couldn't smoke
Wound the clock until it broke
Went to bed then took a shower
Stared at TV for an hour
Did the dishes, made the bed
Read a book I've never read
Any minute you will show
And I'm wondering "where did you go?"
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
I wanna know
Where did you go? [4x]
I opened the fridge, I opened a beer
And played a tape I couldn't hear
Emptiness began to grow
And I'm wondering "where did you go?"
Watched the sun come up from the back stairs
Thought about the last few years
I lost control, I screamed, I cried
I punched a pole and went inside
Packed my things called a friend
Wished this emptiness would end
Wrote a note then tore it up
Poured the beer into a cup
Sat on the couch, drank it slow
Wondering "where did you go?"
I realized I couldn't stay
Grabbed my things and I went away
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
I wanna know!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
For today's Tense Tuesday, we are looking at WH- QUESTIONS in a song. WH-QUESTIONS are questions that begin with WH- words, like WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY (and HOW). They use the auxiliary verbs DO/DOES/DID to form Simple Present and Simple Past Questions.
Example 1: What time does your class start?
Example 2: When did you go to bed last night?
We looked at using auxiliaries like DO/DOES in 2006. Click on the link below to see that lesson.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=640
We also looked at using DO/DOES in questions last October. The link for that lesson is below.
https://www.ziggurat.es/es/lecciones_ingles/index.asp?id=2432
A song from the 90s, "Where Did You Go?" by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, uses the WH-QUESTION construction. It's a fun song, and it also uses a lot of Simple Past verbs.
Click on the link below to listen to the song. The lyrics are included after the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjPB3jROgco
Where Did You Go?
Hello?
Checked the clock when I got home
And realized I was alone
Sat for hours by the window
Wonderin' "where did you go?"
Couldn't eat or sleep at all
Took the pictures off the wall
Paced the place as time moves slow
And I'm wondering "where did you go?"
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
I wanna know
Lit a cigarette I couldn't smoke
Wound the clock until it broke
Went to bed then took a shower
Stared at TV for an hour
Did the dishes, made the bed
Read a book I've never read
Any minute you will show
And I'm wondering "where did you go?"
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
I wanna know
Where did you go? [4x]
I opened the fridge, I opened a beer
And played a tape I couldn't hear
Emptiness began to grow
And I'm wondering "where did you go?"
Watched the sun come up from the back stairs
Thought about the last few years
I lost control, I screamed, I cried
I punched a pole and went inside
Packed my things called a friend
Wished this emptiness would end
Wrote a note then tore it up
Poured the beer into a cup
Sat on the couch, drank it slow
Wondering "where did you go?"
I realized I couldn't stay
Grabbed my things and I went away
Where'd you go? Where'd you go?
I wanna know!
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
