Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (with lyrics)

Listen to the following song and complete the exercise below using Simple Past tense:





Read the text and complete Amy Winehouse's biography with Simple Past verb forms.

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011)_______ (be) an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful voice and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 first album: "Frank", ______ (be) critically successful in the UK ; it __________(be/nominate) for the Mercury Prize. Her next album, "Black to Black,"_______ (be) even more successful. Amy Winehouse____________ (become) the first British female to win five Grammy in a single night, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

On 14 February 2007, she______ (win) a Brit Award for Best British Female Artist; one in 2007 for Best Contemporary Song for "Rehab" , and one in 2008 for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for "Love is a losing Game". The album________ (be) the third biggest seller of the 2000s in the United Kingdom. Winehouse's distinctive style of life________ (make) her a muse for fashion designers such as Karl Lagerfeld.

Winehouse's problems with drug, alcohol abuse and violence_______ (be) regular tabloid news from 2007 until her death. In 2008, Winehouse ________(have) a series of health complications.

Amy Winehouse _______(die) on 23 July 2011, at her home in London. She was_______ (cremate) at Golders Green Crematorium. She ________(leave) millions of fans all around the world.


Complete the lyrics to the song using the Simple Past form of the verbs in parenthesis:

“Love is a losing game”

For you I_______ (be) a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you_______ (come)
Love is a losing game

Why do I wish I never________ (play)
Oh, what a mess we_________  (make)
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game

__________(play) out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I__________  (can) stand
Love is a losing hand

Self professed... profound
Till the chips_______(be) down
.. Know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand

Though I'd rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned
Over futile odds
And__________  (laugh) at by the gods
And now the final frame....... Love is a losing game.