Unit 4 Grammar

T: Hello, my young friends! What time do you go to school every day? presentation S1: I go to school at 7o’clock. T: On what days do you usually have your History lessons? S2: We have our History lessons on Monday and Friday. T: When do you usually have your Chinese lessons? S3: We usually have Chinese lessons in the morning?

Show students a calendar T: When is your birthday ? S1: My birthday is on …… S1: I was born in…… T: I see. You were born in 2000/in spring/in October Oh, this year,your birthday is on Sunday/Children’s Day /3 May. T: Which year were you born? Do you want to have a party on Sunday evening? S1:Of course.

Read the table in Part A. Tell me the ways of using “at/on/in”. How do we use prepositions to talk about time?

in parts of the day 1) My parents watch TV in the evening. 2) We plant trees in March every day. months seasons years 3) In Hainan, it never snows in winter. 4) The 22nd World cup is in 2022.

on days dates parts of a special day special holidays We do not go to school on Saturday. Our summer holiday starts on 1 July. Amy goes swimming on Sunday morning. They have lots of fun on Children ’ s Day.

at time of day age Millie has breakfast at seven o ’ clock. Children in China start school at 6 years old meals festivals at lunchtime/breakfast at Christmas at Spring Festival

Read the examples together!

Ask and answer 1. When is Children’s Day? 2. What season is it in? 3. What do you do on that day? 4. When do you eat a birthday cake? It’s on 1 June. We sing and dance on that day. It’s in summer. I can eat it on my birthday. 5. When do you usually chat with your classmates? We chat at lunch. 6. How old do children in our city start learning English? At When do you do morning exercises ? We do it in the morning.

Exercises 1. __ autumn 2. __October 3. __2003 in 4.___the rainy evening 5.___May,4 6.___noon 7.___night 8.___two o ’ clock 9.___the morning of October 1st, 2003 on at on

Fill in the blanks 1). Eric’s birthday is ______ 6 December. 2). The Open Day is _____ Tuesday. 3). I want to play tennis with Simon _____ three o’clock _____ the afternoon. 5). I hope my dream can come true _____ 25. 4). We have a long holiday _____ October. on at in at

Complete the letter in Part A Tommy is writing back to Millie to introduce his school life. Help him complete his with correct prepositions of time.

Check the answer then read

Grammar B : Adverbs of frequency

T: Tommy and Millie often chat with each other on the Internet. Do you often chat on the Internet? How often do you write s? presentation S: …… T1: Oh,you chat with friends on the Internet every day. So you always chat with friends on the Internet. 多久一次 T2: Oh,you only chat on the Internet on Sundays. So you sometimes chat on the Internet.

Adverbs of frequency tell you how often things happen. 频率副词

Read grammar B 频率从高到低： always 总是 -usually 通常 -often 经常 -sometimes 有时 -seldom 很少 -never 从不 注意：频率副词放在 be 的后面，放在行为 动词的前面, 用 how often 提问

Do Part B on Page 48 Mr wu is writing about how often the students exercise. Look at the graph above and help him complete the sentences below.

Check the answer then read

Group work I will give you some minutes to prepare the conversation about your own day. You can talk about your school day and your daily activities. Pay attention to use the correct prepositions of time and adverbs of frequency.

S1: What do you like to do at school /after school every day S2: I like …… S1: How often do you do it? S2:I always/usually/often/sometimes/ seldom/never …… S1: when do you do it? S2: I do it at/on/in……

Useful phrases 1. in March 2. in winter 3. in on 1 July 5. on Sunday morning 6. have a lot of fun 7. on Children ’ s Day 8. at 6 years old 9. on the afternoon of 1 October 10. would like to do sth. 11. tell you about my life 在三月 在冬天 在 2022 年 在七月一号 在星期天早上 玩得非常开心 在儿童节 在 10 月 1 号的下午 想要做某事 告诉你有关我的生活 在 6 岁

12. have a school football match 13. have much time to do sth. 14. go to her dancing lessons 15. for half an hour 16. go roller skating 举行校足球 比赛 有许多时间做某事 去上她的舞蹈课 有半个小时 去溜旱冰

1. would like to do sth. 想要做某事 ◆ Language points = want to do sth. would do for about to practiselike (would like = ‘d like) Would 2) What _______you like ____ eat ______ lunch today ? =What ______ you ______to eat for lunch today ? ( 今天午饭你想吃什么？ ) 2. tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人关于某事 want 1) _______ you ______ _____ ________ football with us tomorrow? ( 想要和我们训练 ) would tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某事 He ________ ______ _____ _____ us ______ his school liketotell ____. ( 他想要告诉我们关于他的学校生活的情况 ) life

3. life 不可数 n. 生活， 可数 n. 生命 ( 复数 lives) school life 学校生活 4. at 6 years old 在六岁 = at 6 = at the age of 6 Children in China start school at 6 years old =______ _____ _____ ___years old. whentheyare6

time to study have much to 2) Now I have time ___________ (study). 1) We have too much homework and ______ _______ have much time to do sth. 有许多时间做某事 have no time to do sth. 没有时间做某事 5. have time to do sth. 有时间做某事 ______ _______ _____ ______. ( 没有许多时间玩 ) play don’t

Homework 1. Review grammar A and B. 2. Finish the exercise. 3. Prepare for Integrated skills.