*Songsheet*

If I were a boy - *Beyonce*

1. Contractions - Write the contracted form of the following sentences: a. I would forgive you like that. ________________________________. b. But you are just a boy. ________________________________ c. Say it is just a mistake. ________________________________ d. You do not listen to her. ________________________________. e. I would be a better man. _________________________________ f. He is taking you for granted. _________________________________.

2. Phrasal Verbs Match the phrasal verbs with their definitions:

throw off stick up chase after turn on turn off chase away stick up for throw on

___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

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to pursue with the intent of catching to force to go away to rob at gunpoint to support and defend by words or actions to free oneself from (something bad) to put on (something) to cause to operate by using a switch to stop operating by disengaging a switch

3. Second conditional - Write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense: a. If I ________ (be) a boy I ________ (roll out) of bed in the morning. b. If I ________ (be) a boy I ________ (can) understand how it feels to love a girl. c. If I ________ (be) a boy I ________ (turn off) my phone.

be 4. Song - Complete the gaps with the correct verb forms: roll turn

can

kick

listen put forgive wait

If I were a boy - Beyonce

If I __________ a boy even just for a day I______________ out of bed in the morning And throw on what I wanted and go Drink beer with the guys And chase after girls I________ it with who I wanted And Id never get confronted for it. Cause they stick up for me. [Chorus] If I __________ a boy I think I ___________ understand How it feels to love a girl I swear I_________ a better man. I___________ to her Cause I know how it hurts When you lose the one you wanted Cause hes taking you for granted And everything you had got destroyed If I ________ a boy I ______________ _____ my phone Tell everyone its broken So they________ that I was sleeping alone I_______ myself first And make the rules as I go Cause I know that she_________ faithful Waiting for me to come home, to come home (Chorus) Its a little too late for you to come back Say its just a mistake Think I____________ you like that If you thought I _______________ for you You thought wrong

think

5. Fill in the gaps with the contracted form of the missing verbs: But _________ just a boy You _________ understand Yeah you _________ understand How it feels to love a girl Someday you wish you were a better man You _________ listen to her You _________ care how it hurts Until you lose the one you wanted Cause you________taking her for granted And everything you had got destroyed. But you______ just a boy

(Chorus)