Period: 1 TENSES Date: Sept. 1 st , 2007 A. OBJECTIVES: - To help sts use the simple present and the simple past correctly. - To provide sts some exercises to do. B. LANGUAGE CONTENTS: 1. Grammar: the simple present tense and the simple past tense 2. Vocabulary: C. TECHNIQUES: Integrated, mainly communicative D. TEACHING AIDS: Textbook, color chalks E. PROCEDURES: Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities I. The present simple:(25') A. Form: Positive: S + V( bare inf)/ V +s/es Negative: S + don’t/ doesn’t +V( bare inf) Question: Do/ Does +S+V(bare inf)? B. Usage: 1. Habitual actions in the present 2.General timeless truth 3. Actions happen in the future in subordinate clause of time. Key: 1. grow 2. usually get up 3. doesn't know 4. sees 5. have 6. works 7. are looking 8. eat 9. is sleeping 10. likes 11. is cooking 12. hear I. Give the correct verb tenses. 1.Trees ………… more quickly in summer than in winter, (grow) 2. We _______________ at about 7:00. Couldn't you come an hour later? (usually/get up) 3.I refuse to believe that he …… the car was stolen, (not know) 4.Alice _________ her mother in London most weekends, (see) 5.I (have) coffee for breakfast every morning. 6.My brother (work) in a shoes store this summer. 7. The student (look) for that new word right now. 8. We seldom (eat) before 6:30 9. Be quiet! The baby (sleep). 10. John (like) to go to the museum. 11. Mother (cook) some food in the kitchen. 12. Listen! I (hear) somebody knocking at the front door. II. The simple past: (20') A. Form: Positive: S + V -ed / V 2 Negative: S + didn’t +V( bare inf) Question: Did+S+V(bare inf)? B. Usage: 1. Express an action finishes in the past. (time confirms exactly) 2.A habit in the past 3. Adverbs of time: yesterday, last week, ago, ect. Ex: He didn’t work very hard yesterday. -When I was young, I went fishing twice a week. + We can use “used to” or “would” to express a habit in the past. Ex: We used to be friends. II. Give the correct verb tenses. 1. He (work) all day yesterday. 2. When I (arrive) at his house, he still (sleep). 3. As we (cross) the street, the policeman (shout) at us. 4. The light (go) out while we (have) dinner. 5. The children (do) their homework when their father (come) back from office. 6. Bill (have) breakfast when I (stop) at his house this morning. 7. While I (walk) around the park, I (see) Mr John. 8. When I (go) out the sun (shine). 9. Just as I (leave) for home, a student (stop) me at the hall. 10. When the students (hear) the bell, they (get) up and (leave). F. HOMEWORK: * Comments