05Grammarandusage.doc

M5unit1 Grammar and usage Teaching aims: (1) Master the usage of present tenses.(2) Practice about the four kinds of present tenses.Important points & difficult points: the simple present tense; the present continuous tense; the present perfect tense; the present perfect continuous tense:Procedure:Step 1 Lead-inWarming up:1. What do you often do in your vacation?2. Do you like travel?3. Have you ever traveled abroad?4. Which of the following tourist attractions is your first choice if given a chance?(Pictures)I have been to the Moon Lake. It is in the west of China. I went there last August. If you go there, the Moon Lake will find you happy and excited. However, the Moon Lake is becoming smaller and smaller. Im sure the government will take measures to protect it. In fact, many people have been working on it.Step 2 General knowledge of present tensesthe simple present tense:The Academy Awards show is on television every year.Every time a prop comedian tells a joke, he or she uses a thing, called a prop.My father visits his parents once a week.When I was very young, my granny told me the earth is round.Focus on:The exhibition _on May 1st and _ at the end of June. (open; close)The plane _at 11:30 and _ in Shanghai at 1:20.(take off; arrive)_there a film on tonight? (be)Ill give her the notebook_. Tell me_.He will keep the work _ _.Translation:我叔叔从不来看我们。My uncle never visits us. 这儿很少下雪。It seldom snows here.你老师给你们测验吗？Does the teacher ever give you tests?Story-telling:the present continuous tense:The audience is laughing at the joke.I dont understand why I am not losing weight.The Comedy Club is giving a lecture about stand-up next month.They are going to the Academy Awards show in February.Further study:Im driving along a country road and Im completely lost. Then I see this old fellow. He is leaning against a gate. I stop the car and ask him the way.Further study:MacFee passes to Franklin. Franklin makes a quick pass to Booth. Booth is away with his ball, but he is losing the advantage.The professor is typing his own letters while his secretary is ill.Fill in the blanks:People _on the beach. The city _on the coast.He _ on a rock. His statue _ in the city square.My father _the parts together. The dress _ my mother perfectly.The wine _ good. I _ the wine.Translation:John is nodding his head. He is jumping up and down.He is being terribly friendly to us. The train is arriving.The Boeing 747 is arriving. The old man is dying.the present perfect tense:He has hosted the show eight times.Billy Crystal has been in many films and television shows.Doctors have found that people who laugh a lot live longer!Some stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actors later on in life.Focus on:have gone / have beenTonny _abroad to continue his studies.His girl friend _abroad many times to see him.since /when/if We _in England since I was a child.It _ just a week since I met him.Ill write to him when I _the book. the present perfect continuous tense:Doctors have been researching that question.The curtains finally open-the audience have been waiting an hour for the show to start.Further study:Jim has been phoning Jenny every night for the past week.They have been meeting together weekly for two years.Further study:Why are your clothes so dirty? What have you been doing?There you are! Ive been waiting for an hour.She is very tired. She has been working all morning.Further study:How long has she been reading the book?He has been watching English all day.Practice:I _(认识)him for many years.They _(结婚) for twenty years.All these years we _(设