‘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?