Second Conditional Listening Exercise

This second conditional listening exercise has a song from Beyonce. “If I Were a Boy” was the lead single from her album I Am.

It is a great song to learn the English second conditional. This is the most popular of the English conditionals.

The singer imagines what it would be like if she were a boy. The lyrics use the second conditional to give an opinion
about the difference between men and women.

Notice the use of If I were and NOT If I was. For all subjects, the verb to be is were when using this conditional.

Simple Past: It was hot yesterday.
2nd Conditional: If it were hot, we could go to he beach.

This video is the official music video. Below is a listening comprehension test with the lyrics.

Beyonce – If I were A Boy (New) por Innocence-1992

More Second Conditional Practice

Would you like to practice with more third conditional songs? Try these:

Second Conditional Listening Exercise

Second Conditional Contractions Listening Exercise

Second Conditional Questions Listening Exercise

Second Conditional Listening Test

Are you ready to check your understanding? Try these second conditional tests:

Second Conditional Test

Second Conditional Test 2

Want to see if you know everything about the second conditional? Try this 30-question exercise:

Second Conditional Exercise

You can also practice the second conditional with these activities:

Second Conditional Reading