Unit 2 Period 1：Grammar 一般现在时&频度副词（同步课件）-八年级英语上册同步精品课堂（牛津上海版）

Unit2 Work and Play Grammar (I): The simple present tense Grammar (II): Adverbs and adverbial phrases of frequency Grammar (I): The simple present tense Talking about the present 1 2 3 4 To talk or write about things that happen all the time or a number of times, we can use verbs in the simple present tense. For example: She gets up at six o’clock every morning. We play basketball on Mondays and Thursdays. They often discuss business at dinner. 1 2 3 4 We use the simple present tense when we talk about: 1 My hair is long. things that are true now. 1 2 3 4 We use the simple present tense when we talk about: 2 things that we do regularly. Simon plays football after school. 1 2 3 4 We use the simple present tense when we talk about: 3 Cats eat fish. things that are always true. We use ‘I’m’, ‘you’re’, ‘we’re’, ‘they’re’, ‘he’s’, ‘she’s’ and ‘it’s’ when we write to our friends or when we speak. Simple present tense of ‘to be’ 1 2 3 I am/’m happy. I am not/’m not happy. You/We/They are/’re You/We/They are not/aren’t He/She/It is/’s He/She/It is not/isn’t We make positive and negative sentences using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple present tense like this: Tips 1 2 3 We ask and answer questions using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple present tense like this: Am I happy? Are you/we/they Is he/she/it Yes, I am. No, I am not/’m not. you/we/they are. you/we/they are not/aren’t. he/she/it is. he/she/it is not/isn’t. We also use these forms when we write to friends or when we speak. ’m not (= am not) aren’t (= are not) isn’t (= is not) Tips Kitty: It (1)_______ (be) a big school. Mary: Yes. The classrooms (2)_______ (be) big too. Kitty: Our teachers (3)_______ (be) nice. Mr Wu (4)_______ (be) a good teacher. Mary: (5)_______ (be/he) our Maths teacher? Kitty: No, (6)_______ (he/be). (7)_______ (he/be) our English teacher. Simon: (8)_______ (be/you) good at English, Kitty? Kitty: Yes, (9)_______ (I/be). I like reading. (10)_______ (I/be) in the English Club.