GRAMMAR: Conditionals in songs

 


 
 
CONDITIONALS IN SONGS

CONDITIONALS very often appear in songs. There are some examples you may find useful in learning these structures.


1. ACTIVITY. Listen to these songs. Then, choose FIVE of them and find all the conditional sentences. You'll have to classify them into types.
 

Savage Love (Jason Derulo)





It Will Rain by Bruno Mars

 

Smile (Charlie Chaplin)


 

Time After Time (Cyndi Lauper)

 



 

  Hero (Enrique Iglesias)




Count on me (Bruno Mars)


 

 California Dreaming (The mamas and Papas)



The Promise by Tracy Chapman



If You Don’t Know Me by Now by Simply Red


 

Can’t Buy Me Love by The Beatles

     



HERE YOU HAVE MORE SONGS:

    Fix You by Coldplay
    I Don’t Want to Talk About It by Rod Stewart (ditto)

    I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen
    If You Leave by OMD
    Moonshadow by Cat Stevens
    If You Leave Me Now by Chicago
    If I Get Locked up Tonight by Eminem
     
    If You Tolerate This, Your Children Will Be Next by Manic Street Preachers
    Hey by The Pixies