3.　　　 These tables are our teacher’s.

2.　　　 Our hair is black.

1.　　　 I am a primary school pupil.

5.　　　 下雨的时候地上很湿。

Keys:

4.　　　 他的哥哥是我的同班同学。

3.　　　 这些桌子是我们英语老师的。

2.　　　 我们的头发是黑的。

1.　　　 我是一个小学生。

3.　　　 Girls like wear skirts in summer.

T: Great! We are going to learn simple present tense of the verb “to be”.

Write “to be” on the blackboard.

Step II While-task

In this part, students will do some grammar practice.

T: We make positive (肯定句) sentences using the verb “to be” in the simple present tense like this:

I am/I’m happy.

You /We/They are/’re happy.

He/She/It is/’s happy.

T: Can you find out some rules?

S: …

T: Let me explain. We use “I’m”, “you’re”, “we’re”, “they’re”, “he’s”, “she’s”, and “it’s” when we write to our friends or when we speak. Let’s read together.

Ss read the sentences.

T: Well done. Then can you change them into negative sentences(否定句)? Try!

S: I am not/’m not happy.

　 You/We/They are not/aren’t happy.

　 He/She/It is not/isn’t happy.

T: OK. And we ask and answer questions using the verb ‘to be’ in the simple present tense like this:

Am I happy?

Are you/we/they happy?

Is he/she/it happy?

T: If the answer is ‘yes’, what can we say?

S: Yes, I am.

　 Yes, you/we/they are.

Yes, he/she/it is.

T: Right. Then what can we say if the answer is ‘No’?

S: No, I am not/’m not happy.

　 No, you/we/they are not/aren’t happy.

　 No, he/she/it is not/isn’t happy.

T: You are so clever. We also use these forms when we write to our friends or when we speak. Please remember them.

Forms:

’m not =am not

aren’t =are not

isn’t =is not

T: Pay attention to ‘I’m not’. We can not say ‘I amn’t’. We didn’t speak English in this way. Well, we need more practice to consolidate it.

Practice:

Translation:

2.　　　 We have lunch at 11:30 every day.