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‘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   chase after roll out of bed get confronted (be opposed) kick it (relax) stick up for (defend) throw on go drink
Listen and check If I were a boy even just for a day I'd roll out of bed in the morning And throw on what I wanted And go drink beer with the guys   And chase after girls I'd kick it with who I wanted And 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. For teachers – You can use this live too. Below is the document to use once you’ve downloaded the application from Triptico. Copy and past the whole document into a Rich Text application and save it with the suffix .txt  Let me know if you need any help! 8,25,1,would,12.5,277.45,16751001,turn,187.3,278.05,16751001,to,381.55,159.85,13408767,swear,138.6,132.25,3407871,put,484.35,327.75,16777011,phone,13.1,369.95,16751001,off,208,346.7,16751001,myself,486.9,252.05,16777011,my,121.1,321.3,16751001,man,5.1,152.4,3407871,listen,450.7,111.4,13408767,her,502.85,153.3,13408767,first,372.15,291.45,16777011,better,113.8,62.2,3407871,be,91.85,166,3407871,a,26.85,71.9,3407871,I,89.75,112.55,3407871,I,376.45,244.8,16777011,I,104.25,254.4,16751001,I,369.7,95.1,13408767,I,231.4,144.7,3407871,'d,210.85,87.75,3407871,'d,451.55,275.35,16777011,'d,420.1,59.15,13408767,If I were a boy...,222.5,206.7,16777215 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?

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If i were a boy beyonce

  • 1. ‘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)
  • 2. Finish the sentence describing what you are not
  • 3. Do you agree with the other girls/boys in the class?
  • 4. 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   chase after roll out of bed get confronted (be opposed) kick it (relax) stick up for (defend) throw on go drink
  • 5. Listen and check If I were a boy even just for a day I'd roll out of bed in the morning And throw on what I wanted And go drink beer with the guys   And chase after girls I'd kick it with who I wanted And 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
  • 6. Unscramble the lines from the song. For teachers – You can use this live too. Below is the document to use once you’ve downloaded the application from Triptico. Copy and past the whole document into a Rich Text application and save it with the suffix .txt Let me know if you need any help! 8,25,1,would,12.5,277.45,16751001,turn,187.3,278.05,16751001,to,381.55,159.85,13408767,swear,138.6,132.25,3407871,put,484.35,327.75,16777011,phone,13.1,369.95,16751001,off,208,346.7,16751001,myself,486.9,252.05,16777011,my,121.1,321.3,16751001,man,5.1,152.4,3407871,listen,450.7,111.4,13408767,her,502.85,153.3,13408767,first,372.15,291.45,16777011,better,113.8,62.2,3407871,be,91.85,166,3407871,a,26.85,71.9,3407871,I,89.75,112.55,3407871,I,376.45,244.8,16777011,I,104.25,254.4,16751001,I,369.7,95.1,13408767,I,231.4,144.7,3407871,'d,210.85,87.75,3407871,'d,451.55,275.35,16777011,'d,420.1,59.15,13408767,If I were a boy...,222.5,206.7,16777215 Made using www.triptico.com word magnets
  • 8. 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.
  • 9. Who has the most correct sentences?
  • 10. Imagine you were something different for a day. Write sentences...
  • 11. 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
  • 12. Don’t tell your classmateswhat you want to be.Read your sentences.Can they guess?