Unit 3 Language in use

How can we tell a story?

1. Start like this:

2. Who?

3. Tell what happened. (simple past tense)

Once upon a time …

/ Long long ago …

一般过去时Simple past tense

There was a girl called Goldilocks.

likedThere were

came ran away

didn’t really like

real dragonwas scared

Once upon a time, there was a man called Mr. Ye. He liked …

Fill in the blanks.

Goldilocks _____ a little tired, she wanted to

sit down. First she ________ to sit on the

smallest chair because the two big _____ were

_____________. The small chair was in

________ because she was too ______. Then

she _______ into the bedroom and was ______

in the smallest bed.

was

wanted

ones

uncomfortable

pieces heavy

walked asleep

When the bears _________, they were _______

with the empty bowl and the broken chair.

Next, the Baby Bear _______at the girl in his

bed, and _______, “Look! There’s the _______

girl!”

When the three Bears were all around her,

Goldilocks ________ her eyes. She _______ out

of bed and ________ out of the house

__________ her basket. She didn’t _________to

the forest again.

returned unhappy

pointed

cried bad

opened jumped

hurried

without return

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and say.

walk… pick… be lost notice

knock on

1

21,2,3

look at… pick up …

3

return look at cry

open…jumppoint at hurry out of

4

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and say.

一般过去式 （ 2 ）一般动词的过去式的构成：

变化规则 动词原形 过去形式

一般动词词尾加 -ed

以字母 e 结尾的动词后加 -d

walk, listen, look, finish

walked, listened, looked, finished

live, notice, decide

lived, noticed, decided

规则动词的过去式变化规则 :

变化规则 动词原形 过去形式

以辅音字母加 -y结尾的动词，变 y为 i ，再加 -ed

以元音字母加辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节动词，先双写该辅音字母，再加 -ed

hurry, carry

hurried, carried

stop, step stopped, stepped

一般动词的过去式中 -ed 发音：规则 动词原形 过去式

以轻辅音结尾的动词加 -ed 后 ,ed 读作 / t /

knock pick push like stop

knocked picked pushed liked stopped

以浊辅音和元音结尾的动词加 -ed 后 ,ed 读作 / d /

answer enter hurry live

answered entered hurried lived

以字母 t, d 结尾的动词加 -ed后 ,ed 读作 / id /

count decide counted decided

表示过去没有做某事，要用行为动词一般过去式的否定形式。由助动词 do 的一般过去式did + not (didn’t) 构成。如：

Baby Bear didn’t look into the bedroom. 熊宝宝没有往卧室里看。I didn’t finish my homework yesterday. 昨天我没有完成家庭作业。He didn’t play football yesterday. 昨天他没有踢足球。

注意：一般过去式的否定助动词 didn’t 没有人称和数的变化，后面的谓语动词也变成原形。

如果要询问别人在过去的某一时间里是否做了什么事，这时我们需要用一般过去时的疑问形式。其形式为 :

Did you listen to the news in the morning?

早上你听新闻了吗？Did you watch TV yesterday evening?

昨晚你看电视了吗？注意：加了 did 后构成的疑问句中，谓语动词要变成原形。

肯 定句 否 定句 一般疑问句 回 答

He moved to London at 28.

He didn’t move to London at 28.

Did he move to London at 28?

Yes, he did.

No, he didn’t

We played computer games yesterday.

We didn’t play computer games yesterday.

Did we play computer games yesterday?

Yes, we did.

No, we didn’t.

肯 定 句 否 定 句 一般疑问句 回 答

They did some sport after school.

They didn’t do any sport after school.

Did they do any start after school?

Yes, they did.

No, they didn’t.

My sister started school at six.

My sister didn’t start school at six.

Did my sister start school at six?

Yes, she did.

No, she didn’t.

一般动词的过去式的用法：

1) 表示在过去某个时间发生的动作。常和表示过去的时间状语连用 , 如 :once, once

upon a time, last week, in 1990 等。如 :

They played football last Saturday.

他们上周六踢了足球。 The writer started to write in 1998.

这个作家 1998 年就开始写作了。

2) 表示过去一段时间经常或反复发生的动作。常和表示频率的副词连用，如： always, usually, often, never 等。如 : He often visited his uncle when he was young. 他小时候常去看望他叔叔。 His father often returned home late last month. 他父亲上个月常常回家很晚。

1. I __________ (walk) to school yesterday.2. Lily ________ (enter) the house and saw four girls. 3. I decide ________ (see) a movie this Saturday.4. David’s grandfather _________ (die) three years ago. 5. My friend Helen ___________ (arrive) in Beijing last month.6. The weather ________ (be) bad yesterday, but it _______ (be) fine today.

Fill in the blanks.walked

entered

to seedied

arrived

wasis

1. 一个女孩怎么能变成一只鸟呢？ How can a girl _____ _____ a bird?

2. 他指向花园里的花。 He _____ _____ the flowers in the garden.

3. 因为有一条蛇 , 小明从床上跳了起来。 Xiaoming _____ _____ _____ the bed because

there was a snake.

Complete the sentences.

change into

pointed at

jumped out of

4. 一个学生为我捡起了包。A student _____ _____ the bag for me.

5. 我们向周围看了一下 , 但是没有看到任何东西。We _____ _______ but didn’t see anything.

picked up

looked around

Rewrite the sentences.

1. The teacher rushed into our classroom. ( 改为否定句 ) _____________________________________ 2. Lily hurried to school this morning. ( 改为同义句 )     Lily walked to school ____ __ ______ this morning. 3. returned, the, evening, she, in, to, the, forest (.) ( 连词成句 )     ______________________________________

The teacher didn’t rush into our classroom.

in a hurry

She returned to the forest in the evening.

4. He walked to the playground. He played

football. ( 合并句子 )

____________________________________

_______  

5. Tom is listening to a story about animals

now. ( 用 last night 代替 now 改写句子 )

___________________________________

______

He walked to the playground and played

football.

Tom listened to a story about animals last night.

6. The children were all at home. ( 改为同义句 )

______ the children ______ at home.

7. Jim wanted to go to bed because he was tired.

( 对划线部分提问 )

_______ _______ Jim ______ to go to bed?

8. Jack wants to visit his aunt. ( 用 yesterday 改写句子 )

Jack ______ _____ ______ his aunt yesterday.

All were

Why did want

wanted to visit

9. She went to school. She didn’t have

breakfast in the morning. ( 合并为一句 )

She went to school _________ ____________

breakfast in the morning.

10. Goldilocks counted three bowls on the

table. ( 对划线部分提问 )

__________ _________ bowls ________

Goldilocks ________ on the table?

without having

How many did

count

Mr. Black and his wife went to a big store in the morning. They (1)________ (want) to buy a nice present for their daughter. Because her birthday (2)________ (come) next week. There were so many things in the store, but they (3)___________ (not know) what to buy. The assistant ( 营业员 ) (4)________ (ask) ,"What does your daughter like?" "She likes music, sports and taking photos," Mrs. Black answered.

Fill in the blanks.

wanted

is coming

didn’t know

asked

The assistant then (5)________ (show) some

CDs, sports clothes, and a camera to them.

The Blacks (6)________ (be) very happy.

"Our daughter will like them very much,"

they said. Then they (7)__________ (decide)

to buy all of them. But when Mr. Black

wanted to pay ( 付钱 ), he was sad. He

(8)_________ (not take) any money!

showed

were

decided

didn’t take

Follow the sentences as examples and rewrite the sentence.

e. g. We arrived in Shanghai last month.

We didn’t arrive in Shanghai last month.

Did you arrive in Shanghai last month?

Yes, we did. / No, we didn’t.

1. He returned home from Beijing last Wednesday.He didn’t return home from Beijing last Wednesday.Did he return home from Beijing last Wednesday?Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.

2. Her uncle moved to London at the age of thirty.

Her uncle didn’t move to London at the age of thirty.

Did her uncle move to London at the age of thirty?

Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t.

answer enter hurry jump like notice point return try walk

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

1. Baby Bear_______ at the girl in his bed.

2. She ________the house.

3. Goldilocks _______ out of bed.

4. She ________ to the little house.

5. The Three Bears didn’t _________ the door

because they were out in the forest.

pointed

entered

jumped

hurried

answer

6. The Three Bears didn’t _________ Goldilocks in bed at first.

7. Goldilocks didn’t ________ to that part of the forest again.

8. --- Did she ______ the small chair first? --- No, she didn’t. She tried the big chair first.9. --- Did she ________ the small bed? --- Yes, she did.

notice

return

try

like

answer enter hurry jump like notice point return try walk

What do the stories always begin with?

Around the world

Once / Once upon a time …

Look at the picture and say what you think the story is.

Look and discuss

Talk about fairy tales you know and like which ones.

Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and make sentences using the words given.

1. Emperor Yan quite loved his daughter.

2. He often played with her. They were very

happy.

3. One day, his daughter died in the East Sea.

4. She changed into a bird called Jingwei.

5. The King watched it and he was very sad.

6. She decided to fill the East Sea with stones.

Put the sentences together to make a

story. Use words like and, so, but,

because, first, next, then and finally.

Once upon a time, there

was a little girl called

Nuwa. Her father was

Emperor Yan and he

loved her very much.

He often played with his daughter and they

had a great time. One day, Nuwa went

boating in the sea and fell into the sea and

died because the sea was very rough. Nuwa

changed into a beautiful bird after death. His

father watched the bird and felt very sad.

Nuwa decided to fill the sea with stones.

1.Finish writing the story.

2.Do some exercises on Workbook.