重說動詞: VERBS FORMS

Base form of a verb has no ending added.
e.g.          eat           swim          write

There are 4 verbs forms:

	Present (Base)	Past	Present Participle	Past Participle
regular	walk	walked	walking	walked
irregular	write	wrote	writing	written

Adding -s

Verbs ending -ch, -s, -x or -z	Base form + es	He fixes.
Verbs ending in -y	Base form - y + ies	Maria studies

Adding -ed

Verbs ending in e	Base for + d	fixed
Verbs ending with consonant + y	Base form – y + ied	studied
Verbs ending with vowel + y	Base form + ed	played
Verbs ending with short vowel + consonant	Base form + last consonant + ed	stopped

Adding -ing

Verbs ending in e	Base form – e + ing	living
Verbs ending with short vowel + consonant	Base form + last consonant + ing	stopping
Verbs ending in ie	Base form – ie + ying	die --> dying

重說動詞: TYPES of VERBS

The infinitive form consists of the word "to" plus the base form of a verb.

          to eat          to swim          to write

Verbs can take many different forms.

Simple sentence : subject + verb + object / complement

MAIN VERBS

Action Verbs	Non-action Verbs	Linking Verbs
show physical action the subject does	tell about state of mind or senses	link the word that renames or describes the subject
to eat to swim to write	to think to look to understand	to be (is/am/are/was/were) to become to grow

HELPING VERBS

Auxiliary Verbs			Modal Verbs
be (is/am/are/was/were) do/does/did have/has/had will/would	+	Main Verb	can/could/    may/might/    should/would/    must/have to/    need to/ ought to	+	Main Verb

重說動詞: WHAT ARE VERBS?

Every sentence MUST have a verb.

A verb tells what the subject is (linking verb) or does (action verb).

Verb can:-- tell times
-- tell number & person
-- take object
-- make a statement, question or command
-- help other verbs

Quick Meal with leftovers - Omelet

Leftovers or frozen meal (pic below) + ketcup + white wine (originally soba sauce)

Macaroni (originally ramen) + fried eggs (2) on top

(left pic. = before covered with eggs; right pic. = covered with eggs)

Recycle Dry-Clean Hangers

How to Fold Gloves

Similar to folding panties, here's how to fold your gloves:

(Note: Instead of tucking the bottom part to the top pocket, you turn the pocket inside-out.)

How to Fold Panties

Don't tell me you never fold or try to fold your panties. Okay, so you only have 2 panties; one's on you and one's being washed. Here's how you can fold your panties neatly when you got your 3rd one:

(Note: You tuck in the bottom part into the pocket on top. Different from the last step of folding gloves.)

2010-01-25 Endurance Kart Race in Lung Kwu Tan

Wash Hands Before Meal Is Just Routine

W (dad) and H (2-year-old) came for dinner. W: H is sick.
I: Oh dear. Go wash your hands for dinner then.
W: Wash hands? He just got up from noon nap.

I don't know about others. I wash my face when I got up. I clean myself before jumping to bed. I wash my hands before meal. No exception.

Then W walked straight to the master bedroom (of H's ganny) with his running shoes on. The bed is just a mattress on the floor.
H's granny opened cupboard with her chicken-grease-hand while chopping the chicken!

Wonder why this child is always sick? Mm, something runs in this family. It is called 'germs'.

What's It Like to Go to a Juror Empanelling

Okay. There's only one case in English today. We got into a juror assembly room, watched a video in Chinese, then English (mouthing Chinese words) how the whole thing (morning part) is like. There were about 60-70 people. Next, according to your group-number(summon's right top corner), you line up to check your i.d. We waited to be called to get to the court.

There were not enought seat for all, some had to stand. The judge came in. Today's case was a forgery and bribery of a Hang Seng Bank staff. The judge expected it would end just after Chinese New Year. He decided to make it all morning sections 9am-1:30pm. Wow, I'm going to have low blood sugar or black out totally!

The first ballot picked, a young guy gliding out and went straight to the jury panel, was immediately challenged. [Warning: Each case is particular. I'm only guessing that the lawyer thought he was immature for this case.] Then some were picked and i.d. checked again. A madam requested an exemption because she paid the deposit for a package trip  already. [Warning: If you still insist to go for a trip after you received your summon, you might as well throw the money to the ditch. Not a smart move.] The judge exempted her. Another guy who didn't understand English other than "You are a boy." "Thank you." "I don't know." ... was exempted too. Usually there will be 7 jurors, but today they picked 8. My friend said one spare. Then there was a list of institutions for the picked jurors to look at and think carefully if they were related to these in any way. Could be you have Hang Seng Bank stocks. Could be your spouse worked in one of those. The first juror were called to standby when he declared his brother-in-law worked in Hang Seng Bank. Picked another one. Finally, if the accused had no objection to the jurors picked, the rest were released!

I went to the nearest Starbucks straight away and ... saw the the picked juror who had a brother-in-law worked in the bank already sitting there. Probably, we were thinking to ourselves "what a relief!"