BEYONCÉ - IF I WERE A BOY

CILC – SONG EXERCISE –I4 – CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Teacher Weliton`s class 2010

Question One- The sentences below represent TRUE FACTS about Beyoncé. She has imagined herself as a boy and numbered some boys´ typical behavior. Write sentence 1 as the imagined condition and the others as imagined results making conditional sentences as she put them. If………..would……….


1- I´m not a boy. ___________________________________________________________________
2- I don´t roll outta bed. _________________________________________________________________________________
3- I don´t drink with the guys. _________________________________________________________________________________
4- I don´t chase after girls. _________________________________________________________________________________
5- I don´t kick it with who I want. ___________________________________________________________________


Question two – In the following part of the song Beyoncé continued imagining her behavior as if she were a boy. This is contrary to fact, it´s untrue about a sensitive girl. Imagined condition and imagined results. Write the negative form, imagining the situation for a girl. If I……….., wouldn´t.


6- If I were a boy. ___________________________________________________________________
7- I would turn off my phone. __________________________________________________________________________________
8- Tell everyone its broken ___________________________________________________________
So they´d think that I was sleeping along. __________________________________________________________________________________
9- I´d put myself first ________________________________________________________________
10- and make the rules as I go. __________________________________________________________________________________


Question 3- In the next part Beyoncé expressed the “TRUE” facts about a boy. What would it be like if he were a girl? Write the first sentence as the imagined condition and the others as imagined results


11- But you´re just a boy. __________________________________________________________________________________
12- You don´t understand. __________________________________________________________________________________
13- You don´t listen to her. __________________________________________________________________________________
14- You don´t care how it hurts. __________________________________________________________________________________




Question 4- Now listen to the song and complete the blanks using the clues from the exercises above. If I Were a Boy Beyoncé

………………………………………
Even Just for a day
I'………………………..in the morning
And………………………….…then go
………………………………………...
And……………………………………
I'………………………who I wanted.
And I'd never get confronted for it
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
I………………………..my phone
Tell everyone………………………….
So……………........that I was sleeping alone
I'……………………………………….
And…………………………….as I go
Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waiting for me to come home
To come home
Chorus
If I were a boy
I think I……………………………
How it feels to love a girl
I swear……………………………
I'……………………………….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


Bridge
It's a little too late for you to come back
Say it´s just a mistake
Think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong


Chorus
………………………………………
………………………………………
Yeah you don't understand
How it feels to love a girl someday
You wish you were a better man
…………………………………….
…………………………………….
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
But you're just a boy