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