Another 2nd Conditional - If I were a carpenter

Found this while I was listening with my daughter, there are various versions on the internet but this seems to be the clearest.

If I were a boy - Beyonce

I used this one to teach the 2nd Conditional

"If I Were A Boy" - Beyonce

If I were a boy

I'd roll out of bed in the morning

And chase after girls

Drink beer with the guys

Even just for a day

I'd kick it with who I wanted, and I'd never get confronted for it

And throw on what I wanted then go

Cause they'd stick up for me

(Chorus)

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

If I were a boy

'Cause I know that she'd be faithful

Tell everyone it's broken

I'd put myself first

And make the rules as I go

So they'd think that I was sleeping alone

I would turn off my phone

Waiting for me to come home, to come home

(chorus)

It’s a little too late

For you to come back

If you thought I would wait for you

Think I forgive you like that

Well you thought wrong

Say it’s just a mistake

But you’re just a boy

How it feels to love a girl

You don’t listen to her

Someday you’ll wish you were a better man

You don’t understand (Yeah you don’t understand)

You don’t care how it hurts

Until you lose the one you wanted
'Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

But you’re just a boy...

Worksheet here

If it hadn't been for love - Adele

With this song I used it to talk about conditionals, I asked the students to tell me how many second conditionals there were and then looked at the mixed conditional. "I wouldn't be wishing I was free
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love"

NB you need to tell students that woulda = would have!

If it hadn’t been for love - Adele

Never would have hitch hiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda caught the train to Louisiana
If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda run through the blindin' rain

If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love

Without one dollar to my name

Woulda been gone like a wayward wind

If it hadn't been for love

If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda seen the trouble that I'm in

Nobody knows it better than me
I wouldn't be wishing I was free
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love

Lord have mercy on my soul

At least I know he's lying still

Four cold walls without patrol

Four cold walls against my will

If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda took a mind to track him down

Never woulda gone to that side of town

If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda loaded up a forty four
Put myself behind a jail house door
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love

Four cold walls against my will

At least I know he's lying still

Lord have mercy on my soul

Four cold walls without patrol

Never woulda hitch hiked to Birmingham
If it hadn't been for love
Never woulda caught the train to Louisian'
If it hadn't been for love

Never woulda loaded up a forty four
Put myself behind a jail house door
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love
If it hadn't been, if it hadn't been for love

Worksheet here