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课件网) Unit 6 Rain or Shine Grammar Focus Learning Objectives Understand the function and usage of the present progressive tense. Distinguish the present continuous tense and the simple present tense in different contexts. Talk about the weather and activities by using the present continuous tense and the simple present tense properly. Lucy and her grandpa are talking on the phone. Lucy, Australia Lucy’s grandpa, home What’s the weather like It ___ _____ heavily. is raining Anna, Sanya Bill, Stockholm Bill and Anna are talking on the phone. How’s the weather It’s _____ and _____. cold snowy / sn i/ adj. 下雪的，雪白的 snow n. 雪，积雪 What are you doing at the beach I ____ _____. am sunbathing What’s your brother doing He ___ _____ _____ _____ right now is playing beach volleyball 沙滩排球 It’s really cold! What’s your family doing We usually _____ ____ when it snows. stay in But now we ____ _____ ___ _____ outside. are building a snowman Presentation 3a. Read the sentences. What tenses do they use When do you use each tense What’s the weather like It’s raining heavily. How’s the weather It’s cold and snowy. What are you doing at the beach I’m sunbathing What’s your brother doing He’s playing beach volleyball right now. It’s really cold! What’s your family doing We usually stay in when it snows, but now we’re building a snowman outside. the simple present tense the present continuous tense Presentation the simple present tense the present continuous tense We use the present tense to talk about things we do regularly. Struture : be + adjective; do / does (通常性、习惯性和规律性的动作或状态) We use the present tense to talk about things we are doing now. Struture : be + doing (现在进行的动作或存在的状态). The simple present tense & the present continuous tense. Presentation Read and find out the rules. I ride the bike to school every day. I am riding the bike to school now. He always watches TV at home. It’s 8 p.m. He is watching TV at home. They usually take exercise twice a week. Look! They are doing exercise on the sports field. Does it often rain in Beijing Is it raining in Beijing right now the simple present tense the present continuous tense Words used in the simple present tense: Words used in the present continuous tense: every day / always / usually / often hardly ever / never / on Sunday / every week ... now / 8 p.m. / Look / right now at the moment / listen ... Practice plete the conversation with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets. 1. A: Look, it _____(snow)! B: That’s amazing! It_____(not snow) here in winter usually. 2. A: In my hometown, the sun _____(rise) at around 6 a.m. in summer. B: Really Here, the sun _____(rise) right now, but it’s already 7:30! 3. A: It’s so warm, but she _____ (wear)a sweater! B: Well, it’s her favourite sweater, after all. She always _____(wear) it. 4. A: Look at the kites! They _____(fly) so high. B: It’s windy i ... ...
