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Unit 8 Once upon a Time
Section A What are your favourite stories?
Grammar Focus (3a-3d)
Learning Objectives 学习目标
In this lesson, you’ll be able to:
understand and distinguish the functions of the simple past tense.
use the simple past tense and the simple present tense correctly in story narration writing.
work ingroups to tell stories using the simple past tense, explain why they like the stories.
Review
The Emperor’s New Clothes
Once upon a time, an emperor _______ clothes very much. He _______ to buy some new clothes.
Two brothers _____and _____ to him, “We can ______ wonderful clothes! But only clever people ________them!”
liked
wanted
came
lied
make
can see
Review
The emperor’s officials _______ see the clothes, but they _____, “What lovely clothes!” The emperor ________ see anything either, but he ____, “They’re beautiful!” No one _______ to look silly.
couldn’t
said
couldn’t
said
wanted
The emperor _______ to show everyone his new clothes. People in the street _______them. They ______afraid to look silly too!
decided
praised
were
Suddenly, a boy ________, “Look! The emperor _____ no clothes on!” Everyone _______ at one another. They _______ laughing.
shouted
has
looked
started
Read the sentences. What tenses do they use? When do you use each tense?
Did you read Little Women for English class? Yes, I did. It is a great book. /
No, I didn’t. We chose a different book.
Do you know the story of The Emperor’s New Clothes? Yes, I do. It’s a funny story! /
No, I don’t. Please tell me about it.
How did the mouse help the lion? It bit through the net, and the lion got out.
What did the brothers do? They lied to the emperor.
一般现在时
simple present tense
一般过去时
simple past tense
I often play football on weekends.
He watches TV every day.
The earth travels around the sun.
地球绕着太阳转。
I played football yesterday.
He watched TV just now.
She always went to work by bust last year.
表示现阶段习惯性、周期性、反复或经常发生的事情。
用于描述客观真理。
表示过去某个时间内发生的动作或存在的状态。
表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。
1.定义
一般现在时 V.S. 一般过去时
Exercise
一般现在时
simple present tense
现在进行时
simple past tense
I read books after school every day.
She cleaned my room yesterday.
Birds like singing in the tree.
I knew him last year.
It rained outside just now.
He climbs the mountains every month.
一般现在时 V.S. 一般过去时
2.时间标志词
in/on/at系列: in the morning, on Monday, at night...
every系列:every day/week...
频率副词:always, usually, often...
次数: once/twice a week, three times a month...
yesterday系列: yesterday / the day before yesterday/
last系列: last time/ year/ night/
ago系列: three days ago/ a
month ago/ long long ago
in/on+过去时间: in 1995
其他: just now/ once upon a time
3.结构
主语 + 动词原形/ 动词三单
I often read books on weekends.
He watches TV every day.
I played football yesterday.
He watched TV just now.
主语 + 动词过去式
1.通常后加s
2.以s/ch/sh/x/o结尾的动词后加es
3.辅音字母加y结尾, 变y为i, 再加es
一般现在时 V.S. 现在进行时
你还记得动词过去式如何变化的呢?
动词过去式变化(规则变化)
2. 以不发音的字母e结尾的动词,在词尾加-d
3. 以重读闭音节结尾且末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词,双写
这个辅音字母再加-ed
4. 以辅音字母+y结尾的动词, 变y为i,再加-ed
1. 一般情况下 直接在动词后面加-ed
play- watch- talk- 。
played
watched
talked
live- use- love- 。
lived
used
loved
stop- plan- chat- 。
stopped
planned
chatted
study- carry- worry- 。
studied
carried
worried
记住:动词过去式不规则变化(P118-119)!
Exercise: Write the past tense of these verbs.
take are
stop study
have/has clean
dance do/does
play see
come go
drop teach
took
stopped
had
danced
played
came
were
studied
cleaned
did
saw
went
dropped
taught
Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
3b
1. When I am/was a child, my favourite book is/was Peter Rabbit.
2. I usually tell/told funny stories to my friends. But I tell/told them
a sad story yesterday, and they cried.
3. The mouse asks/asked the lion not to kill him. He promises/promised
to help the lion, and the lion let him go.
4. The two brothers lie/lied to the emperor, but the emperor didn’t
know that and buy/bought their clothes.
5. Usually, people feel/felt sad when they lose/lost something. But the
farmer in the story didn’t feel sad when he loses/lost his horse.
Complete the short story with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
3c
Once upon a time, a king _____ (ask) an artist to paint him a horse. “Please _______(give) me some time,” the artist _________ (answer). The king waited for a few months before he ________ (grow) angry. “Where _________ (be) my painting?” he asked. Quickly, the artist __________ (paint) a beautiful picture of a horse. The king said, “I ______ (like) it! But why did you make me wait so long?” The artist _______ (smile) and ________ (take) the king to his house. There were paintings of horses all over! “It took me months to learn how to paint a horse well!” he ______ (say).
asked
give
answered
grew
is
pained
like
smiled
took
said
讲故事用一般过去时;
引号里面说的话,一般用一般现在时
但当说话的内容就是发生在过去的事情时,用一般过去时.
Read the story and answer the questions.
Once upon a time, a king asked an artist to paint him a horse. “Please give me some time,” the artist answered. The king waited for a few months before he grew angry. “Where is my painting?” he asked. Quickly, the artist painted a beautiful picture of a horse. The king said, “I like it! But why did you make me wait so long?” The artist smiled and took the king to his house. There were paintings of horses all over! “It took me months to learn how to paint a horse well!” he said.
1. Give the article a title.
2. Why did the artist make the king wait so long?
3. What do you think of the artist?
4. What did you learn from the story?
The Artist and a Horse
Because it took him months to learn how to paint a horse well!
Success is from hard work.
He's pationt and serious.
Share your favourite story. Tell your classmates why you like it.
3d
What's the name of the story?
Who is the writer of the story?
Who are the main characters?
What are the beginning, development, climax and ending?
What can you learn from it?
Example
My favourite story is The Turtle and the Hare written by Aesop.
Once upon a time, a hare always laughed at a slow turtle. To prove himself, the hare challenged the turtle to a race.
The hare ran fast but felt proud. He had a long break on the way. However, the turtle kept walking slowly without stopping. In the end, the hard-working turtle won the race.
I like this story because it teaches me never to be proud. Slow but hardworking people can also get success.
Exercise
1. He (work) in that bank four years ago.
2. She (learn) to swim last year.
3. I (see) him yesterday.
4. He (come) to school at 6 o'clock this morning.
5. The boy (have) a bad cold yesterday.
6. The earth is a planet (行星) and it (go) around the sun.
7. --Who (show) you around the farm?
-- My uncle did.
8. Jack always gets up late and (arrive) late for class.
9. The two friends often (share) everything
worked
learned/learnt
saw
came
had
goes
showed
arrives
share
Exercise
Long time ago, there (be) a young man called Ma Liang.
He (like) drawing and (draw) pictures everywhere, but he (not have) a paintbrush. One night, an old man
(give) him a magic paintbrush. The pictures all (come) alive! From that day, he (use) the paintbrush to help people
in need. But a few days later, a bad man
(hear) the news, so he (put)
Ma Liang's family in jail and (ask)
him to draw a lot of gold for him.
was
liked
drew
didn't have
gave
came
used
heard
put
asked
In order to save his family, Ma Liang (think) of an idea.
He drew a sea on the wall first. Then he drew a golden mountain far away from the sea. Finally, he drew a big ship. The bad man
(jump) into the ship. When the ship (sail) to the middle of the sea, Ma Liang drew a large
wave and it (destroy) the ship.
Finally, Ma Liang (live) happily
with his family and (try) to help
the poor people.
thought
jumped
sailed
destroyed
lived
tried
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