TRISHA YEARWOOD - I WOULD´VE LOVED YOU ANYWAY

CILC– SONG EXERCISE: THIRD CONDITIONAL SENTENCES: I WOULD´VE LOVED YOU ANYWAY- TRISHA YEARWOOD -TEACHER WELITON´S CLASS 2010

A) Check the correct option to complete the sentences:

1) If I………….how this would hurt,
a-[ ] will know
b-[ ] had known
c-[ ] would known

2) If I…………the last page first,
a-[ ] ´d read
b-[ ] ´ll read
c-[ ] ´d had read

3) If I……….the strength to walk away,
a-[ ] had have
b-[ ] would have
c-[ ] had had

B- In this song, Trisha Yearwood mixes conditions in the past and results in the present. We have another example of MIXED TIME CONDITIONAL SENTENCES. See the example:
If I had known the way that this would end, not a second I would change. [We have a condition in the past “had know” and a result in the present “would change”].

Use the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences from the song in the third conditional. Remember : If + subj. + past perfect / subj. + would have + past participle.

4- If I……………………..[know] how this would hurt, I…………….……………[do] it all the same.
5- If I……………..….[have] the strength to walk away, not a second I….…………………..[change]
6- If I………………….[read] the last page first, not a touch that I……………………………[trade]
7-If I……………………..[know] my heart would break, I………………………..[love] you anyway.
8- And even if I……………………[see] it coming, you………...still……..…………..[see] me running straight into your arms.

C) Now let´s listen and complete the song. I Would've Loved You Anyway Trisha Yearwood


If I'd a-………………………………the way that this would end
If I'd a-……………………………………………….the last page first
If I'd a-…………………………………the strength to walk away
If I'd a-………………………………………….how this would hurt


I would've loved you anyway
I [ ] ´d have done [ ] ´d do it all the same
Not a second I [ ]would change [ ] would have changed
Not a touch that [ ] I ´d have traded [ ] would trade
Had I known my heart would break
I [ ] ´d love [ ] ´d a-loved you anyway


It's bittersweet to look back now
At mem'ries withered on the vine
But just to hold you close to me
For a moment in time


repeat chorus


And even if I…………………………….it coming
You'd still've seen me running
Straight into your arms


repeat chorus


I would've loved you anyway