Wow! Not just smart but also BEAUTIFUL!

Okay, guys, so your grades are now posted and our semester is officially over.

Have a great vacation and keep practicing all that you have learned. I assure you that you all have made progress and will continue to do so as long as you stay focused and put in some effort. The blog will remain open if you want to refer back to it in the future.

Thanks for a great semester (my very first class at HCC Spring Branch, which I shall remember fondly). I wish you all success, not only in your English learning, but in your lives!

Stay in touch, and please contact me if I can help you (and also just to say "hi.")
HC

Answers for the FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-rIza1967iVZ2RnN2JRZ01uWFU/view?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I2teHAoGm-cZv0EwUDJycJam9pG57NfqAMGyQmHXT6k/edit?usp=sharing

Update on Toye

I spoke with Toye this afternoon and he told me what happened. Two people knocked on his door and tried to rob him. He was shot in the lower leg (his calf). His wound is expected to heal. Right now he needs crutches to walk but he is going to be okay, G-d willing.

Good student that he is, he told me that he plans to be in class to take the final exam on Tuesday!

Review of Wish worksheet answers

1. understood
2. would stop
3. hadn't said
4. were
5. spoke
6. would keep
7. had caught
8. had seen
9. hadn't gone
10. had gone
11. lived
12. were
13. had
14. had had
15. hadn't sat
16. hadn't told
17. had offered
18. would shut up
19. had
20. would give

Write your sentences from the practice grammar test (sections V and VI) here and I will check them for you.

Musical Lesson #12: WISH

"I Wish It Would Rain," by Phil Collins (future wish)

http://www.mtv.com/videos/phil-collins/58766/i-wish-it-would-rain-down.jhtml

You know I never meant to see you again
and I only passed by as a friend
All this time I stayed out of sight
I started wondering why

Now I, I wish it would rain down, down on me
Yes I wish it would rain, rain down on me now

You said you didn't need me in your life
I guess you were right
Well I never meant to cause you no pain
But it looks like I did it again

Now I, I wish ....

Though your hurt is gone, mines hanging on, inside
And I know it's eating me through every night and day
I'm just waiting on your sign

'Cause I know, I know I never meant to cause you no pain
And I realize I let you down
But I know in my heart of heart of hearts
I know I'm never gonna hold you again

Musical lesson #11: Unreal conditionals

The song is a little silly, but it illustrates our lesson :D