School (End Of Semester)!

ENG 115: Nicest Thing (Kate Nash)

Here's a great song to practice wish + verb (past).

Wish is used for imaginary or impossible things. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHJuSZTjkE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmT9jNashAg

Nicest Thing (Kate Nash)

All I know is that you're so nice
You're the nicest thing I've seen
I wish that we could give it a go
See if we could be something

I wish I was your favourite girl
I wish you thought I was the reason you are in the world
I wish my smile was your favourite kind of smile
I wish the way that I dress was your favourite kind of style

I wish you couldn't figure me out
But you'd always wanna know what I was about
I wish you'd hold my hand when I was upset
I wish you'd never forget the look on my face when we first met

I wish you had a favourite beauty spot that you loved secretly
'Cause it was on a hidden bit that nobody else could see
Basically, I wish that you loved me
I wish that you needed me
I wish that you knew when I said two sugars, actually I meant three

I wish that without me your heart would break
Yeah, I wish that without me you'd be
Spending the rest of your nights awake
I wish that without me you couldn't eat
Yeah, I wish I was the last thing on your mind before you went to sleep

Look, all I know is that
You're the nicest thing I've ever seen
And I wish we could see if we could be something
Yeah, I wish we could see if we could be something

ENG 115: My Wish (Rascal Flatts)

Here's a song to practice hope + verb (present).

Hope is used for possible situations. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4irLbcFfpYU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEfSuXm68OA

My Wish (Rascal Flatts)

I hope that days come easy

And moments pass slow

And each road leads you

Where you want go

And if you're faced with a choice

And you have to choose

I hope you choose the one

That means the most to you

And if one door opens

To another door closed

I hope you keep on walkin'

Till you find the window

If it's cold outside

Show the world the warmth of your smile

More than anything

More than anything

My wish for you

Is that this life becomes

All that you want it to

Your dreams stay big

And your worries stay small

You never need to carry

More than you can hold

And while you're out there

Getting where you're getting to

I hope you know somebody loves you

And wants the same things too

Yeah, this, is my wish

I hope you never look back

But you never forget

All the ones who love you

In the place you left

I hope you always forgive

And you never regret

And you help somebody every chance you get

Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake

And you always give more than you take

Oh, more than anything

Yeah, and more than anything

My wish for you

Is that this life becomes

All that you want it to

Your dreams stay big

And your worries stay small

You never need to carry more than you can hold

And while you're out there getting

Where you're getting to

I hope you know somebody loves you

And wants the same thing too

Yeah, this, is my wish

My wish, for you

Is that this life becomes

All that you want it

To your dreams stay big

And your worries stay small

You never need to

Carry more than you can hold

And while you're out there getting

Where you're getting to

I hope you know somebody loves you

And wants the same things too

Yeah, this, is my wish

This is my wish

ENG 115: I Hope You Dance (Ronan Keating)

Here's a song to practice hope + verb (present).

Hope is used for possible situations. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbJruWd6bmU

I Hope You Dance (Ronan Keating)

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder

You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger

May you never take one single breath for granted

God forbid love ever leave you empty handed

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance

I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance

Never settle for the path of least resistance

Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking

Loving might be a mistake but it's worth making

Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter

When you come close to selling out reconsider

Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion always)

I hope you dance (rolling us along)

I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on the years and wonder)

I hope you dance (where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean

Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens

Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

Dance (time is wheel in constant motion always)

I hope you dance (rolling us along)

I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on the years and wonder)

I hope you dance (where those years have gone)

I hope you dance

I hope you’re dancing

I hope you’re dancing

I pray you’re dancing

I hope you dance

Adverbs Of Frequency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOzc-vF3jOQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AVQgdLOlRI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRh6oDnRWKs

ENG 115: Present Perfect Simple x Present Perfect Continuous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey-Du8D09mw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv3dgXjAru8

Being Around (The Lemonheads)

Here's another song to practice the Second Conditional. 

It's dramatic and exaggerated (and disgusting!), but it shows lots of question examples of

 "If + subject + verb (past), would + subject + verb (base form)?"

In the Second Conditional, we use the form were for the verb BE, including I, he, she and it 

(If I were; If he were; If she were; If it were). 

In spoken language, however, the verb form was is pretty accepted.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvXRJQ0XDU

Being Around (The Lemonheads)

If I was in the fridge, would you open the door? 
If I was the grass, would you mow your lawn? 
If I was your body, would you still wear clothes? 
If I was a booger, would you blow your nose? 
Would you keep it? Would you eat it? 
I'm just tryin to give myself a reason, for being around.

If I was the front porch swing would you let me hang? 
If I was the dance floor would you shake your thing? 
If I was a rubber check would you let me bounce
Up and down inside your bank account? 
Would ya trust me, not to break you? 
I'm just tryin really hard to make you,
Notice me being around.

If I was a haircut would you wear a hat? 
If I was a maid, could I clean your flat? 
If I was the carpet would ya wipe your feet,
In time to save me from mud off the street? 
If you like me, if you love me,
Why don't you get down on your knees
And scrub me? 
I'm a little grubby
From being around.