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dmb



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:31 pm    Post subject: A simple present song Reply with quote

Has anyone got any recommendations for a song that uses alot of simple present. I want to use it for a remedial presentation (at upper elementary level)
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dyak



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

'Don't stand so close to me' by The Police does... and the subject matter could provoke an interesting discussion... maybe just sniggers at elementary level though.
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wanderlust1066



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

'Yellow Submarine' by the Beatles: "We all live in a yellow submarine..."
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Lynn



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful -Christina Agulierra

"I am beautiful"
"you are beautiful"
I'm using this song this week because I am teaching "I am (insert adj)" "she is (adj)". I got a few Ecuadorian students and they like to take pride in her since her real father was from Ecuador.
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Dr.J



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a simple present song:

happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear (insert name)
happy birthday to you

HA HA HA!

ha.
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Wolf



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"The Wheels on the Bus."

And stop laughing.
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denise



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dr.J wrote:
Here's a simple present song:

happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday dear (insert name)
happy birthday to you

HA HA HA!

ha.


I'm flattered that you remembered! (coincidentally, today is my b-day)

Where, though, are the present simple verbs?

Suzanne Vega's... crap, what's it called... the "do do do do do do do do" song. Some present continuous, too.

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some waygug-in



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about, Does your mother know?, by ABBA
or

I walk the line - Johnny Cash

Every Breath you take - the Police

I like beer - Tom T. Hall

There's a tear in my beer - Hank Williams

On the Road again - Willie Nelson

I have a dream - ABBA

A spoon full of Sugar - from Mary Poppins.

You are My sunshine- traditional

Love Hurts - Nazareth

I'll give you a daisy a day dear - George Hamilton IV. ? Confused

The Grand Illusion - Styx

Nobody does it better- from "The spy who loved me" ? I think. Confused

Mother - Pink Floyd

She talks Crazy talk - Chilliwack

Sneaky Snake - Tom T. Hall

Only your nose Knows - Max Webster

Brown Girl in the Rain - Boney M


I could think of a lot more, but that should be enough for now.
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wanderlust1066



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

denise wrote:

Where, though, are the present simple verbs?


? 'present' as in 'Birthday present'.......
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Afra



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:20 am    Post subject: Present simple songs Reply with quote

Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton. The older recordings.
My multi-lingual class students always loved this song and it doing it in class was, for most of them, the first time they really understood the words.
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shmooj



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

For present simple - "God Save the Queen"... Wink

What about some other grammar...

"If" by Bread is great for first and second conditionals.
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donfan



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I taught my pre-school kids in Taiwan the song "Accidently Kelly Street" by an Australian group called Frente. It is full of the simple present and is very easy to sing. I don't know if you can download it from a website anywhere.
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denise



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just remembered--"Tom's Diner"--Suzanne Vega.

Wanderlust1066--do you have a present for me?!?!? Really, you shouldn't have! Very Happy

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biffinbridge



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:15 am    Post subject: here's one Reply with quote

Sung to Liverpool fans at Old Trafford...

Your mum's on the game
Your dad's in the nick
You can't get a job 'cos you're too f****ng thick
In your Liverpool slums

You look in the dustbin for something to eat
You find a dead cat an' you think it's a treat
In your Liverpool slums...

How about that then.....?
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Roger



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The 'new' guy on the block - "wanderlust" - I bet it's Bertrand reincarnated!
Note the same sarcasm!
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