Grammar主要内容及教案内容

Module 1 My First Day at Senior High

Grammar

Goals: 1. To get the Ss to have knowledge of this grammar point: the present tenses;

2. To enable the Ss to use the correct forms of verbs in the present tenses. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Revision Individual Work

Ask the Ss to retell the diary using the words and phrases in Activity 5 on page 4. Step 2 Grammar 1 Purpose: Let Ss find out the differences between the present simple and the present continuous. 1. Individual Work

Give Ss several sentences. Ask them what they find from the sentences. Do they use the same tense?

(1) I live in Shijiazhuang, a city not far from Beijing.

(2) We are using a new textbook.

(3) The teachers write on the computer, and their words appear on the screen behind them.

(4) I’m writing down my thoughts about it. Suggested answers:

(1) Sentence 1 means “I”

am in Shijiazhuang now. It is a permanent state of affairs. My home is in Shijiazhuang. And the tense of the sentence 1 is present simple tense. Sentence 3 means when the teachers write on the computer, the words will appear on the screen. It is a habit, or something you do regularly. Once you write on the computer, the words will appear on the screen.

(2) Sentence 2 means we are looking at the book now. Something is taking place at this moment. Sentence 4 means I am writing something. Something is taking place in this period of time (e.g. this month, this term, this year, etc.) 2. Group Work Ask Ss to finish Activity 1 on P4 and discuss with their partners. And then ask some of them to give their opinions on how to use the present simple tense and the present continuous tense.

(1) Simple Present Tense is used

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to give one’s opinion

Eg I like playing table-tennis very much. You don’t like to go with me.

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to talk about schedules

Eg ①

His ship leaves at 9 am.

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②

The meeting is at 2 pm.

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to talk about daily habits

Eg ①

The students have sports at five every afternoon.

②

He is always ready to help others.

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to give facts

Eg ①

Three plus two is five.

②

He said the earth is round.

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to indicate a permanent state of affairs

Eg ①

He is a teacher now.

②

She lives in Beijing at present.

(2) Present Continuous Tense is used

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something that is doing at the time of speaking

Eg ①

I am singing a song now.

②

All the students in my class are doing their homework. ◆

an action that is often repeated

Eg ①

She is always thinking of herself.

②

Mr. Green is always telling the same old joke. ◆

indicate that something is taking place in this period of time

Eg We are studying geography this semester. ◆

to talk about something in the future

Eg ①

They are going to play football.

②

How many students are coming to the meeting? 3. Pair Work Read the passage again. Choose three sentences in the present simple tense and two in the present continuous tense. Say which uses they show. 4. Individual Work Practice 1. No one in the department but Tom and I ______ that the director is going to resign.

A. knows

B. know

C. have known

D. am to know 2. – When will you come to see me, Dad?

– I will go to see you when you ______ the training course.

A. will have finished

B. will finish

C. are finishing

D. finish 3. It ______ long before we ______ the result of the experiment.

A. will not be, will know

B. is, will know

C. will not be, know

D. is, know 4. Rainforests ______ and burned at such a speed that they will disappear from the earth in the near future.

A. cut

B. are cut

C. are being cut

D. had been cut

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5. He ______ of how he can do more for the people.

A. will always think

B. is always thinking

C. has always been thought

D. does think always 6. I want to know when he _____ for New York.

A. has left

B. is leaving

C. had left

7. My mother and I ______ free tomorrow.

A. are not

B. have not been

C. will not be

Suggested answers: ADCCBBC Step 3 Homework

1. Finish the exercises on P67. 2. Prepare for the listening class.

D. would leave D. had not been 3