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B1.1·r&b·4:09

If I Were a Boy

Beyoncé · 2008

If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé (2008) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • If I were a boy
  • I think I could understand
  • How it feels to love a girl
  • I swear I'd be a better man

Echo the hook

  • And everything you had got destroyed
  • If I were a boy
  • I would turn off my phone
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Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

I'd rollbed in the mornin'

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

And I'dget confronted for it

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

II'd be a better man

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Tellit's broken

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

I swear I'd be aman

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

If youI would wait for you

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'd roll outta bed in the mornin'

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'd kick it with who I wanted

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

'Cause they'd stick up for me

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I think I could understand

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I'd listen to her

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

I'd ? outta bed in the mornin'

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

'Cause ? stick up for me

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

'Cause he's ? you for granted

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

And make the ? as I go

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

If you ? I would wait for you

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "cause" in the whole song?

"cause"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "wanted" in the whole song?

"wanted"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • 'Cause he's taken you for granted (granted)
  • And everything you had got destroyed
  • I'd roll outta bed in the mornin'

Exercise 25

And these three — put them in the order they appear in the song:

  • 'Cause I know that she'd be faithful
  • And throw on what I wanted, then go
  • Think I'd forgive you like that

Exercise 26

Rewrite the chorus of "If I Were a Boy" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).

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Exercise 27

If you had to summarize "If I Were a Boy" in one sentence to someone who has never heard it, what would you say?

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Exercise 28

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "If I Were a Boy" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

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Exercise 29

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • i'd→
  • he's→
  • it's→
  • you're→
  • don't→
  • you'll→

Exercise 30

Who in your life would you dedicate "If I Were a Boy" to, and what line captures what you want to say to them?

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