if i were a boy beyonce
TRANSCRIPT
‘If I were a boy’ by Beyoncé
Teaching second conditional chunks using the lexical approach
Created by Sandy Millin @sandymillin)(with a lot of help from Fiona Mauchline @fionamau)
Finish the sentence describing what you are not
Do you agree with the other girls/boys in the class?
What would Beyoncé do?
If I were a boy even just for a day
I'd _________a in the morning
And _______b what I wanted
And _______c beer with the guys
And _______d girls
I'd _______e with who I wanted
And I'd never __________f for it
'Cause they’d _________g me
1. chase after2. roll out of bed3. get confronted (be
opposed)4. kick it (relax)5. stick up for (defend)6. throw on7. go drink
Listen and check
If I were a boy even just for a dayI'd roll out of bed in the morningAnd throw on what I wantedAnd go drink beer with the guys And chase after girlsI'd kick it with who I wantedAnd I'd never get confronted for it'Cause they stick up for me
a. 2 b. 6 c. 7 d. 1 e. 4 f. 3 g. 5
Unscramble the lines from the song.
Made using www.triptico.com word magnets
Check your answers
How many logical sentences can you create by changing
only the coloured parts?
If I were a boy, I’d listen to her.
If I were a boy, I would turn off my phone.
If I were a boy, I’d put myself first.
If I were a boy, I swear I’d be a better man.
Who has the most correct sentences?
Imagine you were something different for a day. Write sentences...
Check...
• Are your sentences about real or unreal situations?unreal
• Which verb form did you use with ‘if’?past simple OR ‘were’ for ‘be’
• Which verb form did you use in the other half of the sentence?would + infinitive
Don’t tell your classmateswhat you want to be.
Read your sentences.
Can they guess?