Using the 1964 Beatles Song “If I Fell” to Practice Writing Related Conditional Statements
Identify the Conditional Statements
Write the Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive
“If I Fell”
Recorded by the Beatles: 1964 UK Album, A Hard Day’s Night, and the US album, Something New, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Stanza 1
If I fell in love with you,
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand?
'Cause I've been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holdin' hands.
Stanza 2
If I give my heart
To you,
I must be sure
From the very start
That you
Would love me more than her.
Stanza 3
If I trust in you
Oh, please,
Don't run and hide.
If I love you too
Oh, please,
Don't hurt my pride like her
'Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I
Would be sad if our new love
Was in vain.
Stanza 4
So I hope you see
That I
Would love to love you
And that she
Will cry
When she learns we are two
'Cause I couldn't stand the pain
And I
Would be sad if our new love
Was in vain.
Stanza 5
So I hope you see
That I
Would love to love you
And that she
Will cry
When she learns we are two.
If I fell in love with you
Identify the Hypothesis, Conclusion, Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive for each question. Follow the example below:
Example: Stanza 1
“If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true and help me understand?”
Hypothesis: I fell in love with you...
Conclusion: ...you would promise to be true and help me understand.
Conditional statement (if – then): If I fell in love with you, then you promise to be true and help me understand.
Converse statement: If you promise to be true and help me understand, then I would fall in love with you.
Inverse statement: If I didn’t fall in love with you, then you wouldn’t promise to be true or help me understand.
Contrapositive: If you didn’t promise to be true and help me understand, then I wouldn’t fall in love with you.
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Stanza 2
“If I give my heart to you, I must be sure from the very start that you would love me more than her.”
