Discover “Murphy’s Law” with your ESL students with this song, Ironic, by Alanis Morissette. The lyrics of this song contain eleven different examples of situations which we could define as “Murphy’s Law”. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, which includes practising the first conditional with your…
Practice the first conditional in your ESL class with this song, Count on me by Bruno Mars. There are 7 different examples of the 1st conditional in these song lyrics, with both if and when as the connectors. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for…
Practice the second conditional in your ESL class with this song, If I Had a Hammer by Pete Seeger. To see suggestions on how to use this song in class, click here. Lyrics If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening All over this land I’d hammer out…
Practice the second conditional in your ESL class with this song, If I had a million dollars by Bare Naked Ladies. There are 14 examples of the second conditional in these song lyrics. To see suggestions on how to use this song in class, click here. Lyrics If I had a million dollars (if I had…
Practice the first and second conditional in your ESL class with this song, I’ll Sail This Ship Alone by The Beautiful South. There are 7 examples of the first conditional and four examples of the second conditional in these song lyrics. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes…
Practice the first conditional in your ESL class with this song, If You Go Away by Frank Sinatra. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics If you go awayOn this summer dayThen you might as wellTake the sun away All…
Practice the third conditional in your ESL class with this song, If it hadn’t been for love by The Steeldrivers and covered by Adele. This song’s lyrics contain 9 different examples of the 3rd conditional. There is a suggestion on how to use this song in your ESL classes below, but for more ideas, click here. Lyrics…
Practice the second conditional in your ESL class with this song, If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé, a song about gender equality. The lyrics of this song contain multiple 2nd conditional phrases describing the many ways Beyonce’s life would be different if she were a boy. There is a suggestion on how to use…
Practice the third conditional with “might have” (instead of “would have”) in your ESL class with this song, She might have been a nice girl by The Guess Who. The third conditionals with “might have” which appear in these song lyrics are: “might have been/played/had/broke(n)”. To see suggestions on how to use this song in…