Unit 3 Language in use
Module 8 Choosing presents
外研·七年级上册
1 Daming always gets birthday presents!
2 She often goes to the cinema.
3 What do you usually do at a Chinese
birthday party?
4 We sometimes give birthday cards.
6 My mother never makes a birthday cake.
Language practice
频度副词大家族
0%
100%
always
总是
通常
经常
有时
从不
usually
often
sometimes
never
表示频度方面的区别
1. always是频度最大的词,“总是;永远;一直”。
What do you usually have for breakfast?
例:我将永远记住我上学的第一天。
I always remember my first day at school.
usually “通常”,即很少例外,频度仅次于always。
例:你通常早餐吃什么?
2. often “经常”,在频度上不如usually那么频繁。
I have never been there.
Li Ping often does his homework in the
afternoon.
例:李平经常在下午做作业。
never 从未;永不;决不。
例:我从未到过那里。
3. sometimes“有时候”, 表示动作偶尔发生,间断
较大。可放在be动词、助动词之后,行为动词之前,
也可以放在句首,还可以放在句尾。
例:我有时去图书馆。
I sometimes go to the library.
我有时在晚上看书。
Sometimes I read a book in the evening.
频度副词在句中位置
频度副词在句中习惯上位于be动词之后、行为动词之前,助动词之后。
例:她上学经常迟到。
他一向无所事事。
She is often late for school.
他通常(午夜)十二点钟睡觉。
He usually goes to bed at about 12.
早上你通常什么时候起床?
When do you usually
get up in the morning?
He never has anything to do.
I often get up at five past six.
He usually plays basketball on Saturday morning.
They always help others.
You must never tell him.
1. I ________ go to the theatre, because I don’t like
operas at all.
A. always B. often C. sometimes D. never
Practice
2. I ________ watch this TV programme. It’s very
interesting.
A.often B. never C.seldom D. hardly
3. — Do you often exercise in the morning, Li Hua?
— No, ________. I don’t like sports at all.
A. often B. usually C.always D. never
4. Meals are very boring. He ________ has the same
thing to eat every day.
A.never B. usually C. sometimes D. seldom
1 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about
Grandpa.
People
Activity
— Does Grandpa always watch TV?
—Yes, he does.
2 Complete the table in Activity 1 about yourself.
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.
3 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.
1 I go to the cinema. (often)
________________________________
2 He plays football on Saturday. (usually)
________________________________
3 She gets up at 7:00. (always)
________________________________
4 They eat chocolate at home. (never)
________________________________
I often go to the cinema.
He usually plays football on Saturday.
She always gets up at 7:00.
They never eat chocolate at home.
4 Complete the sentences with Would you like
or Let’s.
Would you like to go to the playground and play football?
1. ______________ to go to the football match?
2. ______ go to a taijiquan class.
3. ________ stay at home.
Would you like
Let’s
Let’s
4. ______________ to go to the cinema?
It’s Jackie Chan.
5. ______________ to watch TV?
6. ________ play basketball.
Would you like
Would you like
Let’s
5 Read the emails and check (√) the true sentences.
Dear all,
My birthday party is at four o’clock on Saturday evening at my house.
Would you like to come?
Mike
Hi Mike,
Thanks. I’d like to come.
See you then.
Jane
It’s great to hear from you Mike, but I’m afraid I can’t come. I always watch my little sister play football on Saturday afternoon.
Jack
1 Mike’s birthday party begins at 4:00 pm.
2 Jane doesn’t want to go to the party.
3 Jack has got a little sister.
4 Jack always does his homework on Saturday
afternoon.
√
×
×
√
In the UK and the US, people often give candy to children as birthday presents. They also give toys or clothes. The children always open their presents immediately.
Around the world
Birthday presents
Module task: Planning a classmate’s birthday
party
6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about
each other’s birthday party.
When is your birthday?
Do you always have a birthday party?
What do you usually do at your birthday party?
7 Plan a birthday party for your partner.
Choose the time and place.
Choose the food.
Choose what to do.
8 Work with the whole class. Describe your
plans for your partner’s birthday party.
Don’t say who your partner is.
Ask the class to guess who your partner is.
She likes sports, especially basketball. I will give her basketball suit for her birthday party. She likes films, but she never goes to the cinema. I will prepare a film ticket for her. She often plays the piano and likes to sing. The CD will be for her.
Exercises
一、选词填空。
always usually sometimes never often
1. I often walk to school. But _________ I go to school
by bus.
2. When does he ________ play football?
3. The sun ________ rises in the east.
sometimes
usually
always
4. Tony is a good student. He is ________ late for
school.
5. — How ________ do you watch TV with your
family?
— Every day.
never
often
二、选择题。
1.(沈阳中考)Bob dislikes coffee, so he almost
________ drinks it.
A. often B. always
C. never D. ever
2.(天津中考)I _______ ride a bike to school.
But this morning, I walked to school.
A. never B. hardly
C. seldom D. usually
3. I always ________ music and go to concerts.
A. listen B. listen to C. listens D. hear
4. Emma ________ goes to school before 8:00 and
she is ________ late for school.
A. always; always B. always; often
C. always; never D. often ; always
5. — Can you come to my birthday party tomorrow?
— ________. I have a lot of homework to do.
A. I think so B. I’m afraid not
C. I’ d like D. Yes, I can
三、完成下列句子。
1. 我在电视上知道这个消息。
______________________________________
2. 他们不经常去看电影。
______________________________________
3. 我父母星期天不去看音乐会。
______________________________________
I know the news on television.
They don’t often go to the cinema.
My parents don’t go to concerts on Sunday.
4. 我妹妹经常不看杂志。
__________________________________________
5. Betty在生日时不常开晚会。
__________________________________________
6. 他的生日礼物是一条丝绸围巾。
________________________________________
My sister doesn’t often read magazines.
Betty doesn’t usually have party on her birthday.
His birthday present is a silk scarf.
1. Write a passage to describe a party.
2. Review the grammar and do the exercises.
3. Make good preparation for the next module.