Module Two: Jar
of Hearts
Listen to or watch the following song and fill in
the blanks:
Jar of Hearts
………. I can’t take one more step towards you
Cause all that’s ………. is regret
And don’t you ………. I’m not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most
I learned to live half alive
And now you …………… me one more time
And who do you think you are
……………. ‘round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You’re gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don’t come back for me
Who do you think you are
I ………….. you’re asking all around
If I am anywhere to be found
But I ………………… too strong
To ever fall back in your arms
And I’ve learned to live half alive
And now you ……….. me one more time
And who do you think you are
Running ‘round leaving scars
………………. your jar of hearts
And …………… love apart
You’re gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don’t come back for me
Who do you think you are
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And it took so long just to feel alright
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed
Cause you broke all your promises
And now you’re back
You don’t get to get me back
And who do you think you are
Running ‘round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You’re gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don’t come back for me
Don’t come back
And who do you think you are
Running ‘round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You’re gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
Don’t come back for me
Don’t come back at all
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Hint: The song is about a serial heartbreaker
that the singer once dated. She states: “I wrote
the song after I went home to Philadelphia for
the holiday last December. I sat in my childhood
bedroom and hid from the boy (with the jar of
hearts) who wanted to see me. My heart wanted
to see him, my head knew better.”
Present Tense I (I DO):
Simple/ Perfect/ Continuous

Read the lyric of the song again and un-

derline the verbs in the present tense.
:
A. We use the present simple tense w i ng forms
lo
when we talk about facts, routine h as t he fol
tense o
actions or something which is gen- The present ple tense: I d I am doing
erally true. s e nt sim u s tense: e
ve don
A. P re u o
nt c ontin : I ha
se tense
Study the following example: B. Pre erfect p
sent
C. Pre
- I know I can’t take one more step towards you.
- I hear you’re asking all around if I am anywhere toB. We use the present con-
be found. tinuous tense to talk about
The singer here talks about what she believes to be actions in progress; actions
true in general. that have started in the past
NOTE: and are still going on.
Notice that the verbs “know” and “hear” shouldn’t be The form of the present con-
followed by –ing. We can’t say *I am knowing, Or *I
am hearing
tinuous is:

VERB BE VERB + ING Study the following example:

- All that is waiting is regret.
I... am waiting
- I hear you are asking all around.
He/she/it... is asking
The actions in these two examples are temporary and the singer
They/we/you... are
expects the “waiting” and the “asking” to be stopped soon.

C. We use the present perfect tense

VERB HAVE PAST PARTICIPLE (ed2)
when we talk about the present I......have grown up
effect/result of an action hap- He/she/it...has learned
pened in the past. They/we/you...
have
The form of the present perfect
tense is:

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Present Tense I (I DO):
Simple/ Perfect/ Continuous
Activity 1

Note: The abbreviated forms Verb Have Abbreviated Forms

of VERB HAVE + PP (‘ve) are 1. I...have I’ve
usually preferred in every-day 2. She/ he/ it ...has She’s/ he’s/ it’s
English situations. Study the 3. You... have You’ve
following forms. 4. we..have We’ve
5. They...have They’ve

Study the following examples:

- I have grown up too strong.
- I have learned to live half a life.

In these two examples, the actions of growing up and learning

started in the past and the results of the two actions in the present
are more important.
The singer likes to say that she is a strong person at the present
time who knows how to live away from her previous lover.

Activity 1: Use the correct form of present tense to fill the fol-
lowing blanks.
I (1) ……………….. (know) I can’t take one more step towards you
Cause all that’s (2) ……………………(wait) is regret
And don’t you (3) …………………….. (know) I’m not your ghost anymore
You lost the love I loved the most
I learned to live half alive
And now you (4)…………………….. (want) me one more time
And who do you (5) ………………..(think) you are
(6)………………….(run) ‘round (7)……………………….(leave) scars
(8) ………………………(collect) your jar of hearts
And (9) ………………………(tear) love apart
You’re gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don’t (10)…………….(come) back for me
Who do you think you are

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Present Tense I (I DO):
Simple/ Perfect/ Continuous
The Present Participle
Activity 2

THE PRESENT PARTICIPLE (DOIING): VERB +

ING
Some verbs in English might be attached with Study the following ex-
an –ing without being preceded by verb to be. amples:
Read the lyric again, underline these forms of
the verb, and study the contexts in which they - Who do you think you are
occur. running around leaving scars,
The form of the present participle is: collecting your jar of hearts, and
Base + ING tearing love apart?
run/ leave/ collect/ tear running/ leaving/ collecting/ - The actions here are timeless;
tearing the singer describes the state of
affairs of her previous lover.

NOTE:
The present participle form of the verb, unlike the present continuous,
should not be preceded by verb to be. Notice the difference in the fol-
lowing examples:
PRESENT PARTICIPLE PRESENT CONTINUOUS
Who do you think you are running around leaving The boy is running around, leaving scars, collecting
scars, collecting your jar of hearts, and tearing love his jar of hearts, and tearing love apart.
apart?

Activity 2: Choose the correct form of present tense to fill the

following blanks.
I (1)……………………… (am dying/ have died) everyday …………….. (am waiting/ wait-
ing) for you
Darling don’t (2) …………….. (am/be) afraid I (3)……………(am loving/ have loved) you
For a thousand years
I (4) ……………..(am loving/ love ) you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time (5)………………. (brings/ has brought) your heart to me
One step closer
One step closer

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Present Tense I (I DO):
Simple/ Perfect/ Continuous
Negation

Negation
E GATI VE:
N SE N + NOT. /
N T TE D O
A. PRESE E R B
e g ate d b y using V
sn B
n t s i m p le tense i i ng – no t to VER
s e ch
- The pre NOT. s n e g ate d by atta
+ se i
VERB BE t continuous ten ot to VERB
re s e n chi n g – n
- The p at e d by atta
is n e g
BE.
s e n t p e r fect tense
- The pre
HAVE. G A TIVE: before it.
E N E g – n ot
RTICIPL ated by simply add i n
E N T P A
B. PRES nt participle is neg
se
- The pre

POSITIVE NEGATIVE
PRESENT SIMPLE Do you know I’m your Don’t you know I’m not
ghost? your ghost anymore?
Come back for me. Don’t come back for me.
Don’t come back at all.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS All that is waiting is regret All that isn’t waiting is re-
I hear you are asking all gret.
around. I hear you aren’t asking all
around.
PRESENT PERFECT I have grown up too strong. I haven’t grown up too
I have learned to live half strong.
alive. I haven’t learned to live half
alive.
PRESENT PARTICIPLE Who do you think you are Who do you think you are
running around leaving not running around not
scars, collecting your jar leaving scars, not collecting
of hearts, and tearing love your jar of hearts, and not
apart? tearing love apart?

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Present Tense I (I DO):
Simple/ Perfect/ Continuous
Activity 3

A
Activity3:
Read the following extract from the lyric of another song of christi-
na perri called “A Thousand Years” and identify the present simple,
present continuous, present perfect and present participle changing
the positive forms into negative ones; the first one is done for you.

Heartbeats fast (0) PRESESENT SIMPLE/ (5) ……...........………..for you

DON’T FAST Darling don’t be afraid I have loved
Colors and promises (6)…………………….you
How to be brave For a thousand years I love
How can I love when I’m afraid to fall (7)……………………………you for a thousand
But watching (1)…………………… you stand more
(2)………………………alone Time stands (8)………………………………still
All of my doubt suddenly goes Beauty in all she is
(3)…………............…….. away somehow (9)…………………………
One step closer I will be brave
I have died (4)……………………………..every- I will not let anything take away
day waiting What’s standing (10)…………………….in front
of me
Every breath
Every hour has come (11)……………………to
this
One step closer
One step closer

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