1. Unit 4 Grammar
The Simple Past Tense
Qingtan Middle School Liu Qian

2. I am 13 years old.I _____born in 1995.
was
I am 13 years old.I _____born in 1995.
He is 13 years old.He ____born in 1995.
They are 13years old.They _____born in 1995
was
were

3. tall
thin
small
short
fat

4. ? YaoMing Liu Xiang Your classmate 1980 1983 thin?lovely?kind? Fat?..……
A:Was YaoMing born in 1980?
B:Yes,he was.
A:Was he thin at that time?
B:No ,he wasn’t.
A:Were you born in…?
B:Yes,I was./No,I wasn’t.
A:Were you …when you were two years old?

5. dodo
The last dodo died in 1681.
[ d ]
It disappeared in 1681.
[ d ]

6. just now
move
moved
use
used

7. last week play computer games cook played [ d ] watched cooked [ t ]
watch TV

8. yesterday
cry
cried
carry
carried
study
studied

9. chat
chatted
stop
stopped
two minutes ago
shop
shopped

10. in 2007 in 2002 read read yesterday morning take a photo took lay eggs
eat
ate
laid
in 2007

11. Amazing things about dinosaurs
live on Earth
a long time ago
the first dinosaurs
appear 230 million years ago

12. the smallest dinosaurs one metre long
some large ones
40 metres long
weigh 100,000 kilos
the smallest dinosaurs
one metre long
weigh 3 kilos
hundreds of
different kinds of dinosaurs
not live at the same time

13. Dinosaurs’ food
eat
ate
plants
meat

14. Can you help me ?
Dinosaurs _________(live) on Earth a long time ago. We now know that the first dinosaurs _________(appear) about 230 million years ago. However, scientists believe they ________(be ) not the first animals on Earth.
There _______(be) hundreds of different kinds of dinosaurs, but they _______________(not live) at the same time.
lived
appeared
were
were
didn’t live

15. Some dinosaurs _________(be) really small
Some dinosaurs _________(be) really small.One of the smallest dinosaurs_____(be) about one metre long and ________(weigh) about three kilograms.Others ______(be) really big.Some very large ones ________(weigh) over 100,000 kilograms and some _________(be ) about 40 metres long.
were
was
weighed
were
weighed
were

16. Some dinosaurs _______(eat) plants and others______(eat) meat,but they ________(not eat)grass.All dinosaurs ________(have) four legs.They all ________(live) on land.
Dinosaurs ______(lay) eggs.Some parent dinosaurs _______(take) care of their babies;some ________(do not).
The last ones ________(die) more than 60 million years ago.Nobody knows why.
ate
ate
didn’t eat
had
lived
laid
took
didn’t
died

17. Why did dinosaurs disappear?

18. A Terrible Snow three months ago

19. How did people help each other?
Useful phrases:
push the car give hot water to others
clean the street
look after /take care of weak people
carry bags of rice
work hard
be friendly /nice to
give food to people in need ……

20. write something about the terrible snow.(about 5 sentences)

21. face the trouble together help each other
What should we do when we see people in trouble?
遇到麻烦的
We should……
face the trouble together
help each other
Because we are members in one family!
Don’t be afraid.
Everything is going to be OK.

22. What lessons did the snow teach us?
People did something bad to the earth!
What will it happen if we go on destroying it?
……? 破坏
We can’t change the past.
We don’t know the future.
But we can do something now.

23. Fun With English Yesterday Once More
When I was young I'd listen to the radio Waitin' for my favorite songs When they played I'd sing along It made me smile. Those were such happy times And not so long ago How I wondered where they'd gone But they're back again Just like a long lost friend All the songs I loved so well.
Yesterday Once More
Fun With English

24. Thanks for listening!