Sunday, December 7, 2014

ENG 115: The Big Bang Theory - If I Didn't Have You (Bernadette's Song)

A song to practice the Second Conditional. It's also a nice review of the Past Simple, Present Simple and Modals with Present Perfect.


If I Didn't Have You (Bernadette's Song) [MusiCares® Version]

If I didn't have you
Life would be blue
I'd be Dr. Who without the Tardis
A candle without a wick
A Watson without a Crick
I'd be one of my outfits without a Dick-ie
I'd be cheese without the mac
Jobs without the Wozniak
I'd be solving exponential equations that use bases not
found on your calculator making it much harder to crack
I'd be an atom without a bomb
A dot without the com
And I'd probably still live with my mom

And he'd probably still live with his mom

Ever since I met you
You turned my world around
You supported all my dreams and all my hopes
You're like Uranium 235 and I'm Uranium 238
Almost inseparable isotopes

I couldn't have imagined
How good my life would get
From the moment that I met you, Bernadette

If I didn't have you
Life would be dreary
I'd be string theory without any string
I'd be binary code without a one
A cathode-ray tube without an electron gun
I'd be "Firefly," "Buffy" and "Avengers" without Joss Whedon
I'd speak a lot more Klingon Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam

And he'd definitely still live with his mom

Ever since I met you
You turned my world around
You're my best friend and my lover
We're like changing electric and magnetic fields
You can't have one without the other

I couldn't have imagined
How good my life would get
From the moment that I met you, Bernadette

Oh, we couldn't have imagined
How good our lives would get
From the moment that we met you, Bernadette

Written by Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome
Published by Warner-Barham Music LLC (BMI)
Performed by Simon Helberg, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, and Mayim Bialik
& © 2013 Warner Bros. Television

Basic English Tenses Review


Wednesday, December 3, 2014

ENG 110: Verb Tenses


PRESENT CONTINUOUS: He is flying a kite now.
PRESENT SIMPLE: He flies a kite every afternoon.
PAST SIMPLE: He flew a kite yesterday.
PLANNED FUTURE: He is going to fly a kite this afternoon.
UNPLANNED FUTURE: He will fly a kite next week.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: He isn't flying a kite now.
PRESENT SIMPLE: He doesn't fly a kite every afternoon.
PAST SIMPLE: He didn't fly a kite yesterday.
PLANNED FUTURE: He isn't going to fly a kite this afternoon.
UNPLANNED FUTURE: He won't fly a kite next week.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS: Is he flying a kite now?
PRESENT SIMPLE: Does hfly a kite every afternoon?
PAST SIMPLE: Did he fly a kite yesterday?
PLANNED FUTURE: Is he going to fly a kite this afternoon?
UNPLANNED FUTURE: Will he fly a kite next week?

ENG 115: Active Voice x Passive Voice




ENG 115: Wish x Hope



ENG 115: Wish

Monday, December 1, 2014

Count On Me - Bruno Mars

A nice song to practice the First Conditional:


Count On Me - Bruno Mars

If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you
If you ever find yourself lost in the dark and you can't see,
I'll be the light to guide you

Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one, two, three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it 
I can count on you like four, three, two
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do,
Oh yeah
 Wooooh, wooooh

If you're tossing and you're turning
and you just can't fall asleep
I'll sing a song beside you
And if you ever forget how much you really mean to me
Every day I will remind you
Oh
Find out what we're made of
When we are called to help our friends in need

You can count on me like one, two, three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it 
I can count on you like four, three, two
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do,
Oh yeah
 Wooooh, wooooh

 You'll always have my shoulder when you cry
I'll never let go, never say good-bye

 You can count on me like one, two, three
I'll be there
And I know when I need it 
I can count on you like four, three, two
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do,
Oh yeah
 Wooooh, wooooh

You can count on me cause I can count on you.