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如皋初级中学 七年级英语组 Unit1 201 7A Unit 1 This is me! Period 4 Grammar Designed by: Ms Mao Teaching aims and learning objectives To get to know the simple present tense. To learn how to make positive and negative sentences, and ask and answer questions using the verb to be in the simple present tense. To communicate with each other using the verb to be in the simple present tense. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty To learn how to make positive and negative sentences, and ask and answer questions using the verb to be in the simple present tense Teaching procedures Activity 1.Lead in Greetings ---How are you? ---I’m fine, thank you. And you? ---I’m fine. Ask: You just said you are fine today, right? (Write down the words: you are) Activity 2. Explain “to be” to the students . Include am is and are. Step 1. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks, and explain the meaning of the simple present tense Step2. Presentation and practise Maybe it’s too easy to finish this kind of task. But now Sandy has some trouble with her introduction. Can you help her to use the verb to be “am, is, are” to finish the blanks? Hello! My name ___ Sandy. This dog ___ my pet snoopy. My father ___ a teacher in a high school, his books ___ always everywhere in the study. My mother ___ a nice woman, her hair ___ long and beautiful, she likes it very much. Snoopy, my father and my mother ___ my family members, I love them. Check the answers. Step3. Short summary am--- only used to match with “I” is--- ① used to match with singular countable nouns; ② used to match with uncountable nouns. are--- used to match with plural countable nouns. Step4.Practice Add “is ,are” to the nouns. Lily ___ ; grass ___ ; candies ___ ; rain ____ ; clothes ___ ; rice ___ ; His shoes ____ ; bread ____ ; a bag of oranges ___ ; orange juice ___ . Step5.Presentation Just now, we know so