Unit 5 Grammar
Learning Aims
To know the structure and the use of the Simple Past Tense ;
了解一般过去时的构成和用法;
To use the Simple Past Tense to talk about the things that happen in the past ;
根据情境正确使用一般过去时谈论过去的事件.
Check the preview(预习)
ago
the day before yesterday
dodo / u /
centimetre
/e/ /i/ /i:/ / /
Read the new words in groups loudly.
adv. 以前
前天
n. 渡渡鸟
n. 厘米,公分
e
e
dodos
Look, my desk is 50_____________(厘米) long.
centremetres
So I have a __________________(50厘米的) desk.
50-centremetre-long
cm
Long long ago, three pigs lived in a village with their mother. They often played with each other. They looked for some food together. When their mother shopped, she often closed the door and asked them to stay at home, Because a wolf wanted to eat them. One day, they played tricks on the wolf. Finally, they were safe. Were they clever?
The story is called _____
一般过去时
the Simple Past Tense
How
What
When
The simple past tense
一般过去时
1. 表示过去某个时间发生的动作或存在的状态。
It was rainy yesterday.
I played computer games yesterday evening.
2. 表示过去经常或反复发生的动作。
My father often went to work by bus last year.
When I was a child, I often listened to music.
What is the simple past tense?
present
future
past
规则动词
不规则动词
How to form the simple past tense?
过去式的构成
规则动词过去式的构成
Rules
Examples
2. 以e结尾加-d
直接加-ed
live lived hope hoped
look looked start started
3. 重读闭音, 双写加-ed
stop stopped
plan planned
4. 辅音字母 + y,
变y为i,加-ed
study studied
carry carried
1. play__________ 2. watch_________
3. change________ 4. plan__________
5. visit__________ 6. worry_________
7. like __________ 8. wash_________
9. listen ________ 10. clean________
11. cry_________ 12. rain _________
13. die__________ 14. stay _________
played
watched
changed
planned
visited
worried
liked
washed
listened
cleaned
cried
rained
stayed
died
Say the past forms of the verbs
元音 + y结尾 直接加ed构成过去式
Read the past form of verbs
C. want – hand-
work – look –
hope – stop –
B. live – die –
play – plan –
worked
looked
died
played
lived
hoped
stopped
planned
wanted
handed
注意-ed的发音
/t/
/d/
/id/
清清,浊浊,元浊,t/d后读/id/
清清
浊浊,元浊
t/d 后读/id/
go–went
do–did
come–came
write–wrote
have–had
make–made
take–took
drink–drank
say- said
feel–felt
leave–left
be–was/were
get–got
begin–began
tell–told
draw–drew
hear–heard
sit-sat
Memory Competition
参考课本P106-107
不规则中找规则
1. 保持不变
put – put let – let cut – cut
2. 元音有变化
write – wrote ride – rode drive – drove
3. 辅音有变化
send – sent spend – spent lend – lent
4. 元音、辅音均有变化
teach – taught buy – bought bring – brought
5. 其他
is/are – was/were have – had do – did
不规则中找规则
1. 保持不变
put – let – cut –
2. 元音有变化
write – ride – drive –
3. 辅音有变化
send – spend – lend –
4. 元音、辅音均有变化
teach – buy – bring –
5. 其他
is/are – have – do –
start ________ 5. reply ________ 9. leave _______
love ________ 6. say _________ 10. tell ________
play ________ 7. meet ________ 11. stand _______
4. plan ________ 8. hear ________ 12. bring _______
started
loved
played
planned
replied
said
met
heard
left
told
stood
brought
Write the simple past tense of the verbs
on P62
How
She waited for me.
He watched TV.
He played basketball.
Mickey danced happily.
She went to school.
She waits for me.
He watches TV.
Mickey dances happily.
He plays basketball.
She goes to school.
Game time
What do you do every evening?
… play computer games…
… watch TV…
… go swimming …
… do my homework …
… played computer games …
… watched TV …
… went swimming …
What did you do yesterday evening?
… did my homework …
yesterday …
last …
… ago
yesterday morning/ afternoon …
last night/month/ week/year/ Tuesday …
two days ago/a week ago/three years ago/a few minutes ago …
just now = a moment ago
in + 过去的年份
in 2008/1990/1998
this morning
the day before yesterday
When to use the simple past tense?
Key words
He _______ (eat) some bread and ______ (drink) some milk this morning.
2. Tom _______ (begin) to learn English half a year ago.
3. Last week we ________ (pick) many apples on the farm.
4. What _____________ (happen) to you just now?
5. Everyone ________ (have) fun at Jim’s birthday party yesterday.
6. There _______ (be) some hospitals in my hometown in 1940.
7. I __________ (watch) a wonderful fashion show on TV a moment ago.
8. I __________ (write) a diary about the trip to Suzhou the day before yesterday.
ate
drank
began
picked
had
were
watched
wrote
happened
Have a try
Millie's diary
This morning, we (go) to the Fun World
Museum. When we (get) to the museum,
there (be) a lot of people there.
We (spend) three hours in the museum.
I (take) a lot of photos. Some of us (buy)
cards of the animals there. We (come) back
to school at 1 p.m. We (have) a great time.
went
got
were
spent
took
bought
came
had
Millie: We (go) to the Fun World Museum the
day before yesterday, Daniel. It (be) so
interesting!
Daniel: Really? Tell me all about it.
Millie: OK. We (see) a small monkey, only 11
centimetres tall.
Daniel: That’s amazing! What else?
Millie: We also _______________ (learn) about some strange
birds like dodos. They (live) on the
earth a long time ago.
Daniel: That’s cool!
went
was
saw
learnt/learned
lived
Tell Daniel about the visit
Ms Zhu’s blog(博客)
Last Sunday, I ______(go) to Yangzhou with some English teachers. It ______(take)us one and a half hours to get there. There _____(be) much traffic on the road because there was an International marathon(马拉松) in the centre of the city. The players and the audience _____(be) all very excited.
Then we ______(spend) over two hours having a meeting in Suren Middle school. After lunch, we _______(visit) Runyang Bridge and _________(enjoy) ourselves in the Slender West Lake.
We felt very tired but happy on that day. How wonderful our life is !
went
took
was
were
spent
visited
enjoyed
Make a survey(调查)
Name
Where
What
How
Last weekend
Where were you last weekend?
What did you do there?
How did you feel?
Ms Zhu
In Yangzhou
had a meeting…
tired but happy
Last weekend, ……
Make an oral(口头) report(报告)
We can’t go back to the past to rewrite history.
We are writing history every moment.
The most important thing is to cherish today
(珍惜今天)
Yesterday Is History,
Tomorrow Is A Mystery(秘密)
And Today Is A Gift:
That’s Why We Call It “The Present”.
Poem(诗)
巧记一般过去时
动词一般过去时, 表示过去发生的事;
be用was或用were,have、has变had;
谓语动词过去式, 过去时间做标志;
一般动词加-ed, 若是特殊得硬记。
Summary
Homework
Write 4-5 sentences to tell one unforgettable(难以忘记的) thing in your life, such as a birthday party, a trip to…, last…festival, shopping and picnic.
Thank you