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dmb
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 Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:31 pm Post subject: A simple present song |
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| 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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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2003 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| '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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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| 'Yellow Submarine' by the Beatles: "We all live in a yellow submarine..." |
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Lynn
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:40 am Post subject: |
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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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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:48 am Post subject: |
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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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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 12:54 am Post subject: |
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"The Wheels on the Bus."
And stop laughing. |
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denise
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 2:08 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:05 am Post subject: |
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How about, Does your mother know?, by ABBA
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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. ? 
The Grand Illusion - Styx
Nobody does it better- from "The spy who loved me" ? I think.
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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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| denise wrote: |
Where, though, are the present simple verbs?
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? 'present' as in 'Birthday present'....... |
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Afra
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 4:20 am Post subject: Present simple songs |
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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
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 5:12 am Post subject: |
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For present simple - "God Save the Queen"... 
What about some other grammar...
"If" by Bread is great for first and second conditionals. |
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donfan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| 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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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 6:40 am Post subject: |
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I just remembered--"Tom's Diner"--Suzanne Vega.
Wanderlust1066--do you have a present for me?!?!? Really, you shouldn't have! 
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biffinbridge
Joined: 05 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2003 10:15 am Post subject: here's one |
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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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The 'new' guy on the block - "wanderlust" - I bet it's Bertrand reincarnated!
Note the same sarcasm! |
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