Reading & Thinking - Baby, you are......

There is a poem that I read from Chicken Soup for the Soul. I like it because it puts the feeling into words to show how special someone meant to you. No matter it is to your kids or to the one you love.

Baby You Are.....
My sunny sky
My favorite high
My bed so warm
My port in a storm
My sweetest gift
My emotional lift
My best friend
Until the end
My inspiration
My destination
My shining light
My day and night
My heart healer
My anger chiller
My pain reliever
My spring fever
My gem so rare
My answered prayer
My heart and soul
My life made whole
My merry-go-round
My up when I’m down
My best chance
My last dance
My best shot
My sweet kumquat
My energizer
My appetizer
My morning sun
My evening fun
My dancing partner
My heart’s gardener
My source of laughter
My ever after
My heaven sent
For who I’m meant
My burning fire
My greatest desire
My soul mate
My sweet fate
My dream lover
My “before all others”
My confidence
My common sense
My reason why
Until I die

Just in case you didn’t know

It can also sharpen your intonation when speaking it because it rhymes every two lines.

Grammar - GEPT Questions for Writing Practice 2

題目：上個星期，你到高雄(Kaohsiung)的親戚家玩，下面是你每天的活動，請根據這些圖片寫一篇30~50字的簡短遊記。
The pictures are one your paper already.

Write the paragraph according to the questions below.

1. Where did you go last week?
2. Why did you go there?
3. Who did you go with?
4. How did you go there?
5. When did you arrive?
6. Was there anybody waiting for you?
7. What did you do on the first day?
8. What did you do on the second day?
9. What did you do on the third day?
10. Did you have fun there?
11. When did you go back?

社大星期二 -- GEPT 初級 -- The answer for page 15

Dear All,
Here is the answer for page 15, exercise C.

1. You are not eating very much at the moment. Are you ill?

2. She knows three words in Italian!

3. I am taking the bus to work this week, but usually I walk.

4. I am studying Japanese this year. It's very difficult.

5. Are you watching TV at the moment?

6. I don't remember the name of the hotel.

7. She speaks three languages.

8. The sun is shining. It's a beautiful day.

Grammar - Present Continuous

Present Continous --> 現在進行式

S + V + O + 地點 + (at the moment / now) --可加可不加

v -- > Be + Ving
動詞(v)變成 be + 動作 + ing

EX:
I work everyday. (現在簡單式)<--> I am working now. (現在進行式)

1. We use the Present Continuous to talk about actions and situations in progress now.
我們用現在進行式描述正在發生的事情

Ex:
I am watching TV now. --> 我正在看電視
You are eating breakfast at the moment. -- > 你正在吃早餐
He is listening to the music. --> 他正在聽音樂
Jan and Sam are playing tennis. -->Jan and Sam 正在打網球

2. We use the Present Continuous to talk about actions and situation in progress around now, but not exactly at the moment we speak.
我們用現在進行式描述事情發生在最近的一段時間 但不是在說話時的當下

Ex:
A: What are you doing these days? --> 你最近在做什麼?
B: I am learning Spanish. How about you? --> 我最近在學西班牙文 你呢?
A: My parents are staying with me this month. I am going with them everywhere. --> 我爸媽這個月住我那 我就跟著他們到處跑

Here are the forms fo the Present Continuous:
現在進行式的形式

和現在簡單式一樣 因為主要的動詞是Be動詞 Be動詞可以用在疑問句或否定句 所以直接換位子或直接把not加在be動詞的後面即可


POSITIVE -->肯定句

- Full Form - - Short Form -
I am eating. ----------- I'm eating.
You are eating.--------- You're eating.
He/She/It is eating.---- He's/She's/It's eating.
We are eating.---------- We're eating.
They are eating. ------- They're eating.


NEGATIVE --> 否定句 --> 直接把not加在be動詞的後面即可

- Full Form - - Short Form -
I am not eating. ---------------- I'm not eating.
You are not eating.-------------- You're not eating. / You aren't eating.
He/She/It is not eating.--------- He's/She's/It's not eating./He/She/It isn't eating.
We are not eating.--------------- We're not eating. / We aren't eating.
They are not eating. ------------ They're not eating. / They aren't eating.

Questions --> 疑問句 -->直接把be動詞和主角換位子即可
Am I eating?
Are you eating?
Is he/she/it eating?
Are we eating?
Are they eating?


*請注意*
These are irregular spellings: --> 不規則的拼法
1. 當單音節的動詞或最後的音節字尾是一個子音跟著一個母音時 重複字尾的子音再加上ing
win --> winning
shop --> shopping
swim --> swimming
get --> getting
sit --> sitting
travel --> travelling

2.字尾有e要去掉
dance --> dancing
shine --> shining
write --> writing
come --> coming



Exercise I:

EX:
George/not eat dinner. George/sleep
George is not eating dinner. George is sleeping.


1. They/not work. They/listen to the music.


2. Ann/not play computer games. Ann/read a book.


3. You/not do homework. You/watch TV.


4. My father/not drink coffee. My father/eat a sandwich.


5. Joe and David/not work. Joe and David/ play tennis.


6. My aunt/stay with me this week. So, I/sleep in the living room.



Exercise II:
Make questions by putting the words in correct order.
重組句子造問句 記得該大寫的要大寫喔

Ex:
enjoying - your work - you - are - ?
Are you enjoying your work?


1. she - having lunch - is - ?



2. playing football - are - Jerry and Sam - ?



3. you - listening - are - to the music - ?



4. it - raining hard - is - ?



5. your sister - is - doing her homework - ?