Grammar- Simple Present - Negative and Question Forms

當一般動詞遇到問句或否定句時 不能像Be動詞一樣 直接換位置 要找助動詞(helping verb)來幫忙

EX:
You love me.
You do not (don't) love me.
Do you love me?


Exericse:
Do / regular verb
寫出問句及答句
Ex:
Do we play tennis everyday?
Yes, we do. We play tennis everyday.
No, we don’t. We don’t play tennis everyday.

1) All of the students like English.



2) We walk to school everyday.



3) Jan and I get up at 7 every morning.



4) You go swimming every morning.



5) My friends play basketball everyday.

The Lyrics of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"

There is a new version of two old songs "Somewhere over the rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World"



Artist: Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'
Song: Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Ooooo oooooo ohoohohoo Ooooo ohooohoo oooohoo
Ooooo ohoohooo oohoooo Oohooo oohoooho ooooho
Ooooo oooooo oooooo Ooooo oooooo oooooo

Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
Somewhere over the rainbow Blue birds fly
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh

Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me ee ee eeh
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top
that’s where you'll find me oh

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
And the dream that you dare to,
why, oh why can't I? i iiii

Well I see trees of green and Red roses too,
I'll watch them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself What a wonderful world

Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white
And the brightness of day
I like the dark and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people passing by
I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, I...I love you

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,
They'll learn much more Than we'll know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world (w)oohoorld

Someday I'll wish upon a star,
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney top
that's where you'll find me

Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
And the dream that you dare to,
why, oh why can't I? I hiii ?

Ooooo oooooo oooooo Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo Ooooo oooooo oooooo
Ooooo oooooo oooooo Ooooo oooooo oooooo

Worth Working For

I resigned my last job few months ago cause I had some disagreement with the school I worked for. I like to set up all of my text books, curriculums, lesson plans.. everything in order.

Ever since I started working there, I chose all the text books for the students. I believed that if I could provide the teachers complete lesson plans, even a new coming teacher can do the lesson well, even he or she may not have any experience.

However, it took a long time to set it up, and I needed to take one class in the mroning, had meetings at least once 2 days. Anyways, the principal didn't think setting all the stuff in order and organized was that important. So, they decided to have my salary deducted.

Having disagreement is one thing, but deducting salary is another. That really pissed me off even I was told before they did it. (The principal did not tell me how much my salary would be less tho.) So, when I knew that how much the salary would be, I just told them I couldn't take it and I left that day. The director and the principal were very surprised. They called me the same day and the day after to ask me going back.

What I am thinking is if you are working with the supervisor or boss who can't appreciate or know what you are doing for them, then, that's not the place worth working.

I am a very emotional person, I know sometimes it is not good to do things. I can work my tail off for you if I feel it is worthy, no matter how much the salary is.

Lately, there is the same situtation happened to me. The school I am working in the afternoon needs some evaluation forms and the ideas about how to have their English classes better.

Actually, THAT WAS NOT MY BUSINESS at all. It is foreign teachers who have problems on teaching grammar and phonics becasue they don't have any text books. Personally, I don't think having no text books is a good idea, either.

So, I took some time showing them the text books I have used, discussing how they can do with the text books and the material which the principal gave them. The truth is, the principal dosen't even know how to use the material and she wants foreign teachers to teach grammar and phonics with it??? Doesn't it sound rediculous???!!

After all this, they asked me to do more, without pay. Come on, we teachers are paid by dots. So, I asked to get half paid for doing the paper work, but the principal said they don't pay for foreign teachers doing paper work. We need to find extra time to do it. If I can't take it, they can find other teachers who are willing to do it.

I just couldn't believe what I heard. I used to be a teacher and a director, I know what everything is working. I paid my English teachers for doing extra work when I was a director cause I want them to put their best efforts on teaching, but not doing paper work at the same time.

Now you are saying this to me?! I totally gave up on them. I said to them, "Sure, I can do it." How much I am paid, how much work I will do.


The above lines are all just saying, the problem is, why the employers don't really appreciate what their teachers have been doing for them. All the things we do take time, a lot of time.

The school is lucky to have the foreign teachers who work like that, spending extra time to do the paper work. (well, at least I do it.) After all this, the school just take it for granted.

That's not what I do things. In my morning class, I just do everything. Teaching, training new teachers, having presentions to the parents, having meetings with the teachers, all the paper work. Just becasue they think what I am doing is really great for the school. The parents believe me. I get new students every single class. "It is all becasue they worth me doing that."

I always think that being a teacher needs a lot of passion because it's not a job which makes big money. I think I still have the enthusiasm for being a teacher, for students, not for the school I am working for.

"There is no one who needs to take care of you. You need to do it yourself."

The Beginning

I want to do this for a long time. After 10 years of English teaching, I have been thinking what I can do to make more people to learn English and to like it but not be afraid of it. This is it, and I finally sit down and start to do it. So, here it goes, "The Beginning". Let me have a brief self introduction. My name is Julie. I have been teaching English for about 10 years since 1996 when I was a sophomore. In the past 10 years, I was not only teaching, but also learning. I think I am the one who is lucky. There have been so many people helping me when the time I needed. They made me become who I am today.

Grammar - Simple Present Tense

S + V + O (S.C.) + 地點 + 時間
S (subject) 主詞 - 句子的主角
V (verb)動詞-有三種 1. Be 動詞/ 2. 一般動詞/ 3. 助動詞

記得要把地點和時間往後擺喔

動詞的差別在:

Be 動詞可以直接用在疑問句或否定句
(Ex: Are you a teacher?
No, I am not a teacher, I am an engineer.)
但是一般動詞不行 所以要找助動詞 “do” 來幫忙
(Ex: We like English.
Do we like English?
No, we don’t like English.)

Simple Present

Simple Present Tense describes an action which goes on everyday or in general.
現在簡單式表示事實,習慣,定律

學會使用現在簡單式 就可以表達每天發生在你身邊的事囉

I work.
You work.
We work.
They work.
Sam and I work.
You and your brother work.
Amy and Sam work.
My friends work.

Exercise:
1. I _________ (speak) English well.

2. We __________ (write) many letters.

3. You _________ (have) a lot of homework.

4. I always ________ (sit) in that seat.

5. The students ________ (write) many exercises everyday.

6. Henry and Jimmy ___________ (play) tennis every afternoon.

7. We ____________ (eat) in the cafeteria everyday.

8. Both of you ____________ (study) very hard.

9. My brother and I always ______ (go) to school on time.

10. George and his brother ____________ (walk) to school everyday.