
10 clips of lyrics in four different conditional tenses (zero, first, second and third). Suitable for Intermediate+ level Download this video at www.savevid.com or www.sendspace.com The songs are arranged in order to vary era, style and grammatical content. Lesson plan 1 Give students the first half of each conditional and in pairs or groups get them to predict the second part. Help them with vocabulary and form and encourage them to be creative! If I never had a cent... If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe... If my true love he was gone.... If I get locked up tonight... If I can't have you If you go... If you don't know me by now.... If I knew you were coming.... If I were a boy... If you leave me now... Go over the predictions in open class and correct any errors. Then play the video and compare their answers to the real ones. An optional extra before watching the video could be to give them some of the artists names and get them to match them to their predictions. They probably won't know all of them so it would be best to get them to guess which one belongs to just a few of them: Frank Sinatra (clue: cent-American currency), Eminem (clue: going to prison), Beyoncee (they'll all know that one). Or get them to match their predictions to a genres: rap, pop, rock, swing, dance and country. Lesson plan 2 Students listen the first time and see how many of the artists they can name (If it's an adult class). Alternatively, for higher levels they could listen the first time <b>...</b>
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