if-you-had-my-love

If you had my love by Jennifer Lopez

(second conditional, if as a conjunction, first conditional)

Chorus:

If you had my love

And I gave you all my trust

Would you comfort me?

And if somehow you knew that your love would be untrue

Would you lie to me

And call me baby?

Now if I gave you me

this is how its got to be

First of all I wont take you cheatin on me

Tell me who can I trust if I cant trust in you

And I refuse to let you play me for a fool

You said that we could possibly spend eternity

See thats what you told me thats what you said

But if you want me

You have to be fulfilling all my dreams

If you really want me babe

Chorus:

If you had my love




Would you lie to me

And call me baby?

You said you want my love and youve got to have it all

But first there are some things you need to know

If you want to live

With all I have to give

I need to feel true love

Or its got to end, yeah

I dont want you

Trying to get with me

And I end up unhappy

Dont need the hurt and I dont need the pain

So before I do

Give myself to you

I have to know the truth

If I spend my life with you

Chorus x3

If you had my love



Exercise 1. Listen to the song and underline all the sentences with if.

Chorus:

If you had my love

and I gave you all my trust

would you comfort me?


would you lie to me

and call me baby?

Now if I gave you me

this is how its got to be.

First of all I wont take you cheatin on me.

Tell me who can I trust if I cant trust in you.

And I refuse to let you play me for a fool

You said that we could possibly spend eternity

See thats what you told me thats what you said

But if you want me

you have to be fulfilling all my dreams.

If you really want me babe.

Chorus

You said you want my love and youve got to have it all

but first there are some things you need to know.

If you want to live with all I have to give

I need to feel true love.

Or its got to end, yeah

I dont want you

Trying to get with me.

And I end up unhappy.

Dont need the hurt and I dont need the pain

So before I do give myself to you

I have to know the truth

if I spend my life with you.

Chorus x4

Exercise 2. Find and write 2 examples of second conditional sentences.

1. ..

2. ..

Exercise 3. Find and write 2 examples of other sentences with if (used as conjunctions).

1.

2.

Exercise 4. What do these words and expressions mean?

a) lie to somebody -

b) cheat on somebody -

c) comfort - ......

d) fulfill the dreams - ...

e) spend life with somebody - ..

f) first of all -

g) trust in somebody -

Exercise 5. Answer the questions to complete the questionnaire.

Questionnaire: What would you do if?

Example: If you heard a strange noise in your house in the night, would you:

A. go and look? B. phone the police? C. hide under the bed?

If I heard a strange noise in my house in the night, I would phone the police.

1. If you found a lot of money in the street, would you:

A. keep it? B. try to find the person who had lost it? C. take it to the police?

2. If you saw somebody stealing from a shop, would you:

A. tell them to stop? B. tell a shop assistant? C. do nothing?

........................................................................................................................................

3. If you found a friends diary, would you:

A. read it? B. give it to him/her without reading? C. leave it where it was?

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4. If you found a dead mouse in your kitchen, would you:

A. throw it out? B. ask somebody to throw it out? C. run?

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5. If a shop assistant gave you too much change, would you:

A. tell him/her? B. take the money and say nothing?

..

6. If you were a millionaire, would you:

A. save for a rainy day? B. spend all your money on seeking pleasure?

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Exercise 6. Complete each sentence with the correct forms of the verbs. Use second conditional forms.

1. If my cat ..open the fridge, it all my food. (can, eat)

2. If you .. read peoples thoughts, what ..you? (can, do)

3. This.... a nice country if it.so much. (be, rain)

4. If I .the answer, I .you. (know, tell)

5. If my boyfriend ..on me, I him. (cheat, leave)

6. We .round the world, if wemore money. (travel, have)

Exercise 7. Finish the sentences about yourself.

1. If I lived in the USA, I would..

2. If Jennifer Lopez was my friend, I..

3. I wouldnt be happy, if my parents.

4. If I were a president, I

5. I would fulfill my dreams if

6. I would be famous if .

7. If my teachers could hear my thoughts, ..

Exercise 8. Join the sentences using if as a conjunction.

1. Youre hungry. Why dont you cook some soup?

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2. Its too hot. Take your coat off.

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3. Joe works at Browns. He probably knows Kevin.

4. You are not over 15. You cant see this movie.

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5. Youre satisfied. Im satisfied, too.

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Exercise 9. Do you agree with THE LAWS OF WORK?

1. If anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.

2. If a job looks easy, its difficult. If it looks difficult, its impossible.

3. If you think a job will take two hours, it will take four days. If you think it will take four days, it will take eight weeks. And so on.

4. If you throw something away, you will need it the next day.

5. If you do what everybody wants you to do, somebody wont like it.

6. If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.

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