Conditionals in songs

Conditional sentences are very dificult to be used so why don't you try to do it funnier using music? Here you have some examples as a karaoke but once you can understand it go to the official (or without lyrics) and try to recognise the words again:

·        What if – Coldplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbACFMBufhk 2nd type+could

·        What if – Ashly Tisdale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKFvxxrN08&feature=fvwrel conditionals (1^st-2^nd)

·        What if - Kate Winslet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsMo8UuB8XQ 2nd type conditional

Once you’ve tried a couple of times these versions with lyrics, try the official video without words, like the official one of the actress Kate Winslet and you’ll see how well you can understand the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=_vId_4r925o

Here you have a similar chart to the one I wrote on the board (from this site on the internet:http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/if.htm) :

type	if clause	main clause
0-general conditional I-possible conditional	Simple Present	will-future (or Modal + infinitive) or present
II- improbable or hypothetical conditional	Simple Past	would + infinitive * (simple conditional)
III- impossible conditional (regrets)	Past Perfect	would + have + past participle * (perfect conditional)

If you want to practise with conditionals, here you have some explanations with exercises to do:

exercise 1      exercise 2        exercise 3
These exercises are a bit funnier; go to this link for first conditional and here for second conditional