Conditionals through songs

GRAMMAR DOES NOT HAVE TO BE BORING!

Have you ever wondered how it would be if you were born a boy or a girl?

This is a great song to practise especially conditionals, but not only. You can also learn a few useful, interesting expressions and words while listening and later singing this song. Today we focus on grammar, so tell me…

Which conditional?

The title ‘If I were a boy‘ refers to:

a(n)situation intime

and so is the first part of aconditional.

which is constructed with:

‘if‘ + in the ‘if’ clause , and in the result clause.

Now, enjoy watching the song and fill in the gaps with the missing words:

” IF I WERE A BOY” LYRICS

If I ……………a boy even just for a day
I …………………………out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted
And go drink beer with the guys

And chase after girls
I ……………………………..it with who I wanted
And I’d never get confronted for it
‘Cause they stick up for me

If I …………………a boy
I think I ……………understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I ………………………..a better man

I …………………………to her
‘Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause he’s taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I …………………. a boy
I …………………………………..my phone
Tell everyone it’s broken
So they…………………………………….that I was sleeping alone

I ……………………………myself first
And make the rules as I go
‘Cause I know that she faithful
Waiting for me to come home, to come home

If I ………………….. a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I ……………………a better man

I ……………………..to her
‘Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause he’s taking you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say it’s just a mistake
Think I ……………………you like that
If you ……………………..I would wait for you
You ……………….wrong

But you’re just a boy
You don’t understand
And you don’t understand, oh
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man

You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
‘Cause you’re taking her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you’re just a boy

Have a look at the rules WHEN to use and HOW to make sentences in the 2nd Conditional: