深圳牛津版英语七年级下Unit 4 Period 4.ppt

Unit 4 Oxford English Module 2 Man’s best friends Save the trees Period 4 Grammar Writing 1 Writing Tree Planting Day It is Tree Planting Day. Some people are working near Rebecca’s home. Rebecca took some photos of them. Before you write Today, we are going to write a story about the pictures! 2 Understanding the pictures What are the workers doing now? They are planting trees and flowers now. In pairs, discuss what the people are doing in the pictures. Now make conversations about what is going on in the pictures with the words in brackets. S1: What is/ are … doing? S2: … S1: What is/ are … doing? S2: … S1: What is/ are … doing? S2: … S1: What is/ are … doing? S2: … 3 Grammar The present continuous tense We use the present continuous tense to show that something is happening now. It is often used with: now, at the moment, at this time, these days… This is the structure of a sentence in the present continuous tense. 4 Making –ing forms Washing~~~ Washing~~~ We form the present continuous tense with the verb to be + (the base form/the -ing form) of the main verb. We form the –ing form of the main verb like this: Grammar exercise is doing is playing are playing is fishing is swimming are lying is eating is playing am talking 5 Special rules We cannot use some verbs in the present continuous tense. is ringing know am thinking prefer Grammar exercise smells are eating am eating Do want 6 *After you write Write a report on Tree Planting Day. You have used the present continuous tense to write the story. Can you use the simple past tense to make the story into a report? H Homework 1.完成下列汉译英。 琳达的哥哥现在正在卧室里看电视。 你此刻在干什么呢？ 他们正在教室里学习吗？ 现在他们不在打篮球。 你知道这个问题的答案吗？ 那块蛋糕闻着特别香。 2.独立以Tree Planting Day为题写一篇报道，注意正确使用时态和添加介词及冠词。 3.完成《综合练习册》第51至53页Grammar和第60页Writing的练习。 * *