1. Unit 3 How do you get to school?
Section A
Period 2 (3a-3c)

2. Free talk How do you usually come to school?
How far is your home from your school?
How long does it take you to get to school every day?

3. How far is it from home to school?
It’s about 2 kilometers.

4. How far is it from home to school?
It’s about 2 kilometers.
How long does it take you to get
from home to school?
It takes 30 minutes to walk.

5. How far is it from home to the park?
It’s about 4 kilometers.

6. How far is it from home to the park?
How long does it take?
It’s about 4 kilometers.
It takes him 35 minutes by bike.

7. Match the questions with the answers. Then practice them.
1. How does Mike get to school?
2. How long does it take to get home?
3. How far is it from here?
4. Do your friends go to school by bus?
5. Does your dad drive to work?
a. Yes, they do.
b. No, he doesn’t.
c. He rides his bike.
d. It’s five kilometers.
e. About 15 minutes.

8. Use these words to make questions. Then answer them.3b
Use these words to make questions. Then answer them.
1. school/you/get to/do/how
_______________________________________?
_______________________________________
2. to/school/get to/does/how long/take/it
How do you get to school
I ride my bike.
How long does it take to get to school
It takes about five minutes.

9. 3. school/your/from/it/is/how far/home/to
_______________________________________?
_______________________________________
4. you/to/walk/do/school
How far is it from your home to school
It’s about two kilometers.
Do you walk to school
No, I don’t. I always ride my bike.

10. 5. ride/their bikes/do/school/your friends/to
_______________________________________?
_______________________________________
Do your friends ride their bikes to school
Yes, they do.

11. 3c
Ask your classmates questions and write their names in the chart. The first students to fill in all the blanks wins?
find someone who…
Name
lives about five kilometers from school
walks to school
takes a bus to school
goes to school by bike
needs about an hour to get to school
needs about 10 minutes to get to school

12. how far 意为“多远”，用来询问距离或路程的。
e.g.
How far is it from hotel to the airport?
宾馆距离机场有多远？
how long: 意为“多长”用以询问时间或长度。
How long are you staying in Hong Kong?
你打算在香港呆多久？

13. --- Can you tell me ____ it is from home to school?
--- Sure. It’s about three kilometers. (2011襄阳)
A. how much B. how long
C. how far D. how soon
答案：C
解析：由答语“大约两公里”可知应问“从家到学校有多远?”。how much多少，多少钱； how long多长，多长(时间)；how far 多远；how soon多久。

14. --- ______ do you play football?
--- Once a week.
　A. How much B. How long
C. How often D. How far
答案：C
解析：本题是对疑问副词词组的考察，通过答句可以判断出是询问动作发生的频率，所以选择C。

15. Group work: Discuss We’re in Beijing now. We’re going to Shanghai
for vacation.
It’s 1,056 kilometers from Shanghai .

16. How should you go to Shanghai? Why? How long does it take?
ship: 30km/h bus: 60km/h car:120km/h
train:90km/h plane : 1,000km/h bike:10km/h
From Beijing to Shanghai
distance
1,056km
train
plane
bus
ship
bike
car
about
12hrs

17. Report like this: … get to Shanghai by … It takes about …
It’s very cheap although it takes a longer time to get there. But it’s also very safe.

18. —______ is it from your home to the school?
— About ten minutes’ walk. (2011江苏宿迁)
A. How far B. How long
C. How often D. How soon
【答案】A
【解析】本题考查词组辨析。how far意为“路程有多远”；how long 意为“多长时间”；how often意为“多长时间一次”；how soon意为“多少时间以后”。由答语可知是询问“你家到学校路程有多远”，故选A。

19. Task Make a job interview in your group
Task Make a job interview in your group. One is the interviewer and the others are the interviewees. Ask how he / she gets to work, how long it takes him / her to get from home to school, and how far it is from his / her home to school.

20. Who
How
How long
How far
Tom
John
Jane

21. 根据句意和首字母提示写单词, 完成下列句子。1. —When did he get here?
—About twenty m______ ago.
2. It t_______ her an hour to make dinner for
her family every day.
3. Her home is about thirty k_________ away
from the airport.
4. My father got up at 6 am. Then he had a
q_______ breakfast and went to work.
5. I got to school e_______ this morning. There
were few students in the school when I arrived.
inutes
akes
ilometers
uick
arly

22. 按要求完成句子。
1. Allan is coming back by train next month. (就画线部分提问)
_____ _____ Allan coming back next month?
2. Please take the medicine before supper. (改为否定句)
Please ______ ______ the medicine before supper.
3. Fishing isn’t interesting. I think. (合并为一个句子)
I ______ ______ fishing _____ interesting.
How is
don’t take
don’t think is

23. Homework
1. Do the other exercises.
2. Recite 3a.