Sunday, December 7, 2014
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.
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.
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.
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
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 he fly 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?
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