Gender roles: using the second conditional

Gender roles — a B1 English lesson. Practise using the second conditional (if I were...) and expand vocabulary around relationships and stereotypes.

Gender roles: using the second conditional

Summary

This ESL lesson for B1 English students explores Relationships and stereotypes. Using a real video as the basis for discussion, students develop reading and listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills across a 90-minute class.

The grammar focus is The Second Conditional (If + Past Simple, ...would + Infinitive). Key vocabulary includes roll outta bed (phrasal verb), throw on (phrasal verb), chase after (phrasal verb) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: You need to tell your partner, friend, or colleague that you are unhappy with their behaviour without starting a big argument..

Activities

00:00 - Intimacy. - Honesty. - Commitment.
00:11 - [Boyfriend and Beyonce] You. Me. Us.
00:19 ♪ If I were a boy ♪ ♪ Even just for a day ♪
00:30 ♪ I'd roll outta bed in the morning ♪ ♪ And throw on what I wanted and go ♪
00:41 ♪ Drink beer with the guys ♪ ♪ And chase after girls ♪
00:52 ♪ I'd kick it with who I wanted ♪ ♪ And I'd never get confronted for it ♪ ♪ 'Cause they'd stick up for me ♪
01:02 ♪ If I were a boy ♪ ♪ I think I could understand ♪
01:14 ♪ How it feels to love a girl ♪ ♪ I swear I'd be a better man ♪
01:24 ♪ I'd listen to her ♪ ♪ 'Cause I know how it hurts ♪
01:35 ♪ When you lose the one you wanted ♪ ♪ 'Cause he's taken you for granted ♪ ♪ And everything you had got destroyed ♪
01:45 ♪ If I were a boy ♪ ♪ I would turn off my phone ♪
01:57 ♪ Tell everyone it's broken ♪ ♪ So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone ♪
02:06 ♪ I'd put myself first ♪ ♪ And make the rules as I go ♪
02:18 ♪ 'Cause I know that she'd be faithful ♪ ♪ Waitin' for me to come home ♪ ♪ To come home ♪
02:27 ♪ If I were a boy ♪ ♪ I think I could understand ♪
02:37 ♪ Oh-ooh ♪ ♪ How it feels to love a girl ♪ ♪ I swear I'd be a better man ♪
02:49 ♪ I'd listen to her ♪ ♪ You don't care how it hurts ♪
03:00 ♪ When you lose the one ♪ ♪ You wanted ♪ ♪ Wanted ♪ ♪ 'Cause he's taken you ♪ ♪ For granted ♪ ♪ Granted ♪ ♪ And everything you had got destroyed ♪
03:13 ♪ It's a little too late for you to come back ♪ ♪ Say it's just a mistake ♪ ♪ Think I'd forgive you like that ♪
03:23 ♪ If you thought I would wait for you ♪ ♪ You thought wrong ♪
03:34 - You know, when you act like that, I don't think you realize how it makes me look or feel.
03:43 - Act like what? Why are you so jealous? It's not like I'm sleeping with the guy.
03:47 - What? - What?
03:57 (boyfriend scoffs) - I said, "Yo, how you so jealous? It ain't like I'm sleeping with the girl."
04:10 ♪ But you're just a boy ♪ ♪ You don't understand ♪
04:18 ♪ Yeah, you don't understand, oh ♪ ♪ How it feels to love a girl someday ♪ ♪ You wish you were a better man ♪
04:31 ♪ You don't listen to her ♪ ♪ You don't care how it hurts ♪
04:43 ♪ Until you lose the one you wanted ♪ ♪ 'Cause you've taken her for granted ♪ ♪ And everything you had got destroyed ♪
04:55 ♪ But you're just a boy ♪ (gentle music)

Vocabulary focus

The vocabulary section introduces B1-level words and phrases related to Relationships and stereotypes. Key terms include roll outta bed (phrasal verb), throw on (phrasal verb), chase after (phrasal verb), confronted (verb (past participle)), stick up for (phrasal verb). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.

Grammar focus

This lesson focuses on The Second Conditional (If + Past Simple, ...would + Infinitive). We use the second conditional to talk about hypothetical or imaginary situations in the present or future. The situation is not real, but we imagine the result.

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