* What day is it today?
* How do you usually come to school?
* What class are we having?
* Which subject do you like best?
* Why do you like it?
* What do you think of it?
* What time does the class begin?
* What time is it over?
* It's ...
* I usually ...
* We are having ...
* I like ... best.
* Because it's ...
* I think it’s too difficult.
* At ...
* At ...
Present Simple
Present Continuous
I often speak English with my classmates.
I am reading an English book.
Sometimes I swim in the swimming pool.
They are having a music class.
I go to the school library every Tuesday and Thursday.
I think they are having an English class.
1 --_______ ________ are they having?
--They are having a music class.
2 --_______ ________ does the next class begin?
--At ten fifty.
3 --_______ ________ English lessons does he have every
week?
--Five.
4 I don’t like it. It's a little difficult.
5 My school life is very interesting.
6 My teachers and classmates are very kind to me.
What class
What time
How many
Name
Day
Activity
Place
Kangkang
Wednesday
Maria
read books
library
Li Yang
Sunday
Ellen
have a biology class
have a P.E. class
/play soccer
playground
go to the zoo /watch animals
Monday
Friday
zoo
lab
1. Listen to the conversations and complete the table.
1. What does Li Mei do?
2. What’s in the school newspaper?
3. Why does she like Science Today best?
4. How does Li Mei like the school newspaper?
Listen to 2 and try to answer the following questions.
Dear Sir,
I’m a student in Grade Seven. I like our school newspaper, School Times, very much. I like reading it with my friends. I think My Favorite Music and Science Today are interesting. Science Today is my favorite. I can learn a lot from it. I think our school newspaper is wonderful.
Thank you for your hard work!
Yours,
Li Mei
Read and understand
February 28th
1. What does Li Mei do?
2. What’s in the school newspaper?
3. Why does she like Science Today best?
4. How does Li Mei like the school newspaper?
Check your answers according to the letter.
She is a student.
My Favorite Music, Science Today and so on.
Because she can learn a lot from it.
She thinks it’s wonderful.
Key Points
February
2. School Times
3. I can learn a lot from it.
4. Thank you for your hard work!
二月
《学校时报》
learn...from... 向......学习
hard adj. 努力的,辛苦的
2. Write a passage about your own study habits with the words in the box.
Usually, never, sometimes, always, seldom, often
We learn: 1. some words: February, hard
2. some phrases: learn … from…
thank you for …
3. some sentences:
I can learn a lot from it.
Thank you for your hard work.
We can: 1. know the differences between the Present
Simple and the Present Continuous
e.g. They usually have lunch at school.
I am reading an English book.
2. use the adverbs of frequency more correctly
e.g. never, often, seldom
Example:
Dear Li Mei,
My name is Li Ming. I’m in Class 2, Grade 7. My school life is very interesting. English is my favorite subject. I like playing soccer. I like my school life very much...
Yours,
Li Ming
Write a letter about your school life to Li Mei.