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Matias Rodriguez

This document summarizes and analyzes the grammar and tenses used in the lyrics of the song "Otherside" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. It examines examples of grammar concepts like past simple, present perfect, and simple present tenses. It also analyzes modal verbs like will, can, and could that express ideas like wishes, abilities, and past potential. Additionally, it provides an example of the passive voice being used to emphasize the action in the clause.

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Assignment 2: Grammar in Music Students Name: Matias Rodr鱈guez Sanhueza. Song: Other side Performed by: Red hot chili peppers. "Otherside" [Chorus:] How long how long will I slide Separate my side I don't I don't believe it's bad Slit my throat It's all I ever I heard your voice through a photograph I thought it up it brought up the past Once you know you can never go back I've got to take it on the otherside Centuries are what it meant to me A cemetery where I marry the sea Stranger things could never change my mind I've got to take it on the otherside Take it on the otherside Take it on Take it on [Chorus] Pour my life into a paper cup The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts She wants to know am I still a slut I've got to take it on the otherside Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed A candidate for my soul mate bled Push the trigger and pull the thread I've got to take it on the otherside Take it on the otherside Take it on Take it on [Chorus] Turn me on take me for a hard ride Burn me out leave me on the otherside I yell and tell it that It's not my friend I tear it down I tear it down And then it's born again [Chorus] How long I don't believe it's bad Slit my throat It's all I ever
Part 1: Tenses Example 1: Context I heard your voice through a photograph. Tense Name Past simple. Use Use simple past to express the idea that started and finished at a specific time in the past. Example 2: Context I have got to take it on the other side. Tense Name Present perfect. Use We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. Example 3: Context I do not believe it is bad. Tense Name Simple present. Use We use Simple present to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes. Part 2: Modality Example 1: Context How long will I slide. Tense Name Will (future) Meaning In this case the modal verb expresses a Wish that the author has. Example 2: Context Once you've gone you can never go back. Tense Name Can.(present) Meaning The modal verb expresses an Ability to do something, in this case go back Example 3: Context Stranger things could never change my mind. Tense Name Could.(past) Meaning Could is used to talk about what someone was generally able to do in the past. Part 3: Voice
Example : Context Centuries are what it meant to me. Tense Name Use Simple present. We use passive voice to emphasize in the action expressed in the clause.( the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb)

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  • 1. Assignment 2: Grammar in Music Students Name: Matias Rodr鱈guez Sanhueza. Song: Other side Performed by: Red hot chili peppers. "Otherside" [Chorus:] How long how long will I slide Separate my side I don't I don't believe it's bad Slit my throat It's all I ever I heard your voice through a photograph I thought it up it brought up the past Once you know you can never go back I've got to take it on the otherside Centuries are what it meant to me A cemetery where I marry the sea Stranger things could never change my mind I've got to take it on the otherside Take it on the otherside Take it on Take it on [Chorus] Pour my life into a paper cup The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts She wants to know am I still a slut I've got to take it on the otherside Scarlet starlet and she's in my bed A candidate for my soul mate bled Push the trigger and pull the thread I've got to take it on the otherside Take it on the otherside Take it on Take it on [Chorus] Turn me on take me for a hard ride Burn me out leave me on the otherside I yell and tell it that It's not my friend I tear it down I tear it down And then it's born again [Chorus] How long I don't believe it's bad Slit my throat It's all I ever
  • 2. Part 1: Tenses Example 1: Context I heard your voice through a photograph. Tense Name Past simple. Use Use simple past to express the idea that started and finished at a specific time in the past. Example 2: Context I have got to take it on the other side. Tense Name Present perfect. Use We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. Example 3: Context I do not believe it is bad. Tense Name Simple present. Use We use Simple present to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes. Part 2: Modality Example 1: Context How long will I slide. Tense Name Will (future) Meaning In this case the modal verb expresses a Wish that the author has. Example 2: Context Once you've gone you can never go back. Tense Name Can.(present) Meaning The modal verb expresses an Ability to do something, in this case go back Example 3: Context Stranger things could never change my mind. Tense Name Could.(past) Meaning Could is used to talk about what someone was generally able to do in the past. Part 3: Voice
  • 3. Example : Context Centuries are what it meant to me. Tense Name Use Simple present. We use passive voice to emphasize in the action expressed in the clause.( the form of a verb used when the subject is affected by the action of the verb)