摘要:
该初中英语课件围绕Unit 4 "Changing and Growing",聚焦-ful/-less构词法与过去进行时核心知识点。课堂通过图片例句(如医生无助与有帮助、支付符号有用与无用)导入构词法,对比后缀积极/否定含义建立词汇学习支架,再以小组对话示例过渡到过去进行时,结合时间标志词与结构讲解,形成从词汇到语法的递进脉络。
其亮点在于融合思维品质与语言能力培养,采用表格归纳构词后缀(如help→helpful/helpless)、任务型看图问答(描述昨天9点人们正在做的事)等学科特色方法。通过对比辨析构词法与两种过去时态,助力学生自主归纳规则,提升语境中语言运用能力,教师可借助系统练习与活动设计高效开展教学。
内容正文:
Unit 4 Changing and Growing
Grammar in Use
★学习目标:
•掌握 - ful/-less 构词法,熟练运用过去进行时描述过去时段正
在发生的动作。
•感受日常校园、家庭生活,学会观察记录生活点滴。
•通过对比辨析构词后缀、两种过去时态,建立逻辑对比思维。
•自主归纳语法规则,积极参与小组对话、看图问答活动。
★教学重难点:
•分清 - ful、-less 词义,正确变形使用派生词。
•掌握过去进行时结构、时间标志词,完成问答与造句。
•根据语境准确选用 - ful 或 - less 形式。
•区分一般过去时与过去进行时,语境中正确使用过去进
行时。
Suffixes -less and -ful
Look at the pictures and read the sentences. Pay attention to the words in bold.
The doctor feels helpless to save the patient’s life. He wishes he could be more helpful.
The symbols are very useful to pay online, but they are useless without a cellphone.
Suffixes -less and -ful
Look at the pictures and read the sentences. Pay attention to the words in bold.
Your boss doesn’t allow any careless mistakes, so you’d better be very careful in your work.
Suffixes -less and -ful
-ful:形容词后缀,表“充满……;带有……”(积极含义)
-less:形容词后缀,表“无……;缺少……”(否定含义)
-ful(有……) -less(无……)
help helpful 有帮助的 helpless 无助的
use useful 有用的 useless 无用的
care careful 细心的 careless 粗心的
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given words.
1. Li Hong was __________ (joy) because she got a good grade in the exam.
2. After years of hard work, my uncle became ____________ (success) and now he
lives an easy and comfortable life.
3. You were doing very well yesterday. Be ____________ (hope) and you’ll succeed.
4. He learned a lot after visiting many ___________ (wonder) places.
5. Smoking is ___________ (harm). No one should smoke in public.
joyful
successful
hopeful
wonderful
harmful
Complete the text and fill in the blanks.
aimless helpful hurtful painful priceless useless
Youth is an important period of time for growing up. It can be hard and __________, but you grow in every way and learn more about life. Sometimes, you may feel ___________. But your teachers are always there for you, and your friends can also be ____________. Some people may say something ____________ to you, but they might not mean it, and you can talk to them and learn to communicate with people. Maybe, you find some subjects difficult and _____________. However, you will understand the true value of knowledge later on. In a word, youth is a __________
experience. You should make the most of it.
painful
aimless
helpful
hurtful
useless
priceless
Pair work. Read the conversation. Pay attention to was/were doing.
What were you doing at this time yesterday?
I was watching a movie with my parents.
What movie were you watching? Is it My Country and My People?
Yes. We felt moved when we were watching it.
The past continuous tense (过去进行时)
过去进行时:表示过去某个具体时间点、某一时间段内,正在进行、
持续发生的动作。强调动作“当时正在做”,不强调动
作已经结束。
常用时间标志词:at this time yesterday、at that time、from…to…+过
去时间、when、while
The past continuous tense (过去进行时)
•肯定句:主语 + was/were + doing + 其他
例:I was writing a postcard at that time.(那时我正在写明信片。)
She was practicing singing at this time yesterday.(昨天这个时候她正在
练唱歌。)
•否定句:主语 + wasn’t /weren’t + doing + 其他
例:He wasn’t tidying up the bathroom at 9 a.m. (早上九点他没有打扫浴室。)
She wasn’t practicing singing at this time yesterday.(昨天这个时候她没
有在练唱歌。)
The past continuous tense (过去进行时)
•一般疑问句:Was/Were + 主语 + doing + 其他?
Yes, 主语 + was/were. / No, 主语 + wasn’t/weren’t.
例:—Were they riding bikes at 9:00 yesterday?(昨天九点他们在骑车吗?)
—Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t.(是的,他们在。/ 不,他们没有。)
•特殊疑问句:特殊疑问词 + Was/Were + 主语 + doing + 其他?
例:Who was she talking with at that time?(那时她正在和谁交谈?)
What were you doing at this time yesterday?(昨天这个时候你正在做什
么?)
Complete the table and learn how to use the past continuous tense.
Positive form Negative form
I was helping Xiao Ya with her mood problem at 7:00 p.m. yesterday. He wasn’t helping Xiao Ya with her mood problem at 7:00 p.m. yesterday.
They ______ You _______
Question form
_______ she helping Xiao Ya with her mood problem at 10:00 a.m. yesterday? Yes, she ______./No, she ______.
Were they Yes, they ______./No, they ______.
were
Was
weren’t
was
wasn’t
were
weren’t
Look at the pictures and talk about what people were doing at 9:00 a.m. yesterday.
Pair work.
tidy up the bathroom
jog
write a postcard
ride bikes
A: What was he/she doing? / What were they doing?
B: He/She was… / They were…
Example
A: What was she doing at 9:00 a.m. yesterday?
B: She was tidying up the bathroom.
A: What was she doing at 9:00 a.m. yesterday?
B: She was jogging.
Example
A: What were they doing at 9:00 a.m. yesterday?
B: They were writing a postcard.
A: What were they doing at 9:00 a.m. yesterday?
B: They were riding bikes.
Vocabulary
joy
▶n. 高兴;喜悦;乐趣
joyful:adj. 开心的,喜悦的
joyless:adj. 毫无乐趣的,闷闷不乐的
例:Her eyes were full of joy.(她眼里满是喜悦。)
The whole class felt joyful after the good news.(听到好消息,全班都十分开心。)
He had a joyless weekend without his hobby.(不能发展爱好,他度过了一个毫无乐
趣的周末。)
•to one’s joy:令某人高兴的是
例:To my great joy, I passed the singing test. (令我十分开心的是,我通过了歌唱测试。)
smoke
▶n. 烟,烟雾,吸烟
例:Smoke filled the room after the fire.(火灾过后房间里满是烟雾。)
▶v. 吸烟
例:Please don’t smoke in the library.(请不要在图书馆里吸烟。)
•No smoking. :禁止吸烟。(标志性警示语)
例:The hospital puts up "No smoking" everywhere.(医院到处张贴 “禁止吸烟”
的标识。)
Exercise
单项选择
1. He ______ computer games at nine yesterday morning. He was drawing.
A. wasn’t playing B. didn’t play C. isn’t playing D. won’t play
2. —Was your mother cooking dinner at that time?
—______. She was washing clothes.
A. Yes, she was B. No, she wasn’t C. Yes, she did D. No, she didn’t
3. When I walked past the classroom, the students ______ English songs.
A. sing B. sang C. were singing D. are singing
A
B
C
根据句意补全句子
1. 我没有接到你的电话,因为那时我正在弹钢琴。
I didn't answer your phone because I _______________ the piano at that time.
2. 昨天上午10点我正在看电影。
I _______________ a movie at 10:00 a. m. yesterday.
3. 昨天这个时候她没有在慢跑,她在整理房间。
She _______________ at this time yesterday; she was tidying her room.
was playing
was watching
wasn’t jogging
Homework
Homework
▶Need to do:
•Copy and recite all -ful / -less word pairs and their Chinese meanings.
•Write a short passage (60–80 words) to describe what your family
members were doing at 8 p.m. last night.
▶Choose to do:
•Think of 4 word groups with -ful and -less respectively, then write
one sentence for each word.
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