IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCÉ

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IF I WERE A BOY - BEYONCE

1. Listen to the first part of the song and fill in the blanks with the words in the box

chase, confronted, day, stick up, beer, chase, bed, wanted (x2)

If I were a boy
Even just for a _______
I'd roll out of_______in the morning
And throw on what I________ and go
Drink ________ with the guys
And _________after girls
I'd kick it with who I _______
And I'd never get ________ for it
Because they'd ___________for me.

2. Put the verses in the right order

If I were a boy I swear I'd be a better man When you lose the one you wanted And everything you had got destroyed! Cause he's taken you for granted Cause I know how it hurts How it feels to love a girl I'd listen to her I think I could understand

1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________ 3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________ 5. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________

3. Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense

If I were a boy
I__________ (turn off) my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they _________(think)
That I ___________(sleep) alone
I___________(put) myself first
And _________(make) the rules as I go
Cause I know she __________(be) faithful
__________(wait for) me to come home

4. Put the words in bold in the right column according to their pronunciation.

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

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5. Read the following verses and say or write if you agree o disagree with boys and girls feel and behave in a different way. Do you think the message of the song is sexist?

But you are just a boy
You don't understand
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it's hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you’ve taken her for granted
And everything that you had got destroyed
But you are just a boy

6. Watch and enjoy the video.