1. U2 OUR DAILY LIFE
Language
Adverbs and adverbial phrases of frequency

2. He goes swimming every day.
Join the words together to make a sentence. he
go swimming
every day
He goes swimming every day.

3. she
take an exam
twice a month
She takes an exam twice a month.

4. my sister
cook
every morning
breakfast
My sister cooks breakfast every morning.

5. they
play football
every afternoon
after school
They play football after school every afternoon.

6. Tom and Jerry
go bungee jumping
at weekends
Tom and Jerry go bungee jumping at weekends.

7. She plays basketball on Mondays and Thursdays.
Read the following sentences and tell the meanings.
She plays basketball on Mondays and Thursdays.
They often discuss business at dinner.
We can use verbs in the simple present tense to talk or write about things, which are facts or happen all the time.
一般现在时用于表示现在存在的事实、状态或经常的、习惯性的动作

8. 一般现在时的否定式
行为动词的否定式，在原形动词前加don’t,第三人称单数在原形动词前加doesn’t。
We don’t go to school on Sundays.
He doesn’t work in this factory.

9. Pay attention to the changes：
1. 一般的动词后面直接加-s.如：walk walks
2. 以-s,-x, -sh或-ch结尾的动词后加-es.
如：discuss discusses
3. 以辅音字母 + y 结尾的动词，变y 为i再加-es.
如：study studies
4. 特殊变化。如：do does

10. ☆ Now we know: ☆ how to Identify a speaker’s job in listening
☆ how to use the simple present tense

11. frequency words 频度副词 always usually often sometimes seldom never 总是，一直通常 经常 有时 很少 从不

12. Unit 2中“一般现在时”的频度副词教学：
always
usually
often
some-times
seldom
never
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%

13. Please find sentences with frequency words in the text.
1.She always gets up at 6:30.
2.She usually has breakfast at about 7:00.
3. Her mother often makes breakfast for her.
4. Sometimes her mother is busy.
5.She always goes to school by bus.
6.She is never late for school.
Can you find any rules?

14. The position of the frequency words 频率副词的位置
频率副词通常位于:
be动词,助动词,情态动词的后面
行为动词的前面
sometimes还可以位于句首

15. Adverbs and adverbial phrases of frequency
100% often
70-80% always
60-70% usually
20-50% never
10% sometimes
0% seldom

16. Adverbs of frequency:
always > usually > often > sometimes> seldom > never
Adverbial phrases of frequency:
once a week, twice a day, three times a month, every day, every week

17. Exercise time! Yes No always Yes seldom usually/often No never
Cheng : Should I go to Banda on holiday in March?
You : (1) ______.
Cheng : Why?
You : It (2) ________ rains there in March.
Cheng : Then should I go in July?
You : (3) _____ .It (4) _______ rains in July.
Cheng : And what about August?
You : (5) _____. It (6) ____________ rains in August.
Cheng : Is November the best month to go to Bandar?
You : (7) _______.
Cheng : Why?
You : It (8) ________ rains in November.
Cheng : What about Mary? Is that a good month to go?
You : Yes and no. It (9) ___________ rains in May. No
always
Yes
seldom
usually/often No
Yes
never
sometimes

18. Let’s do more exercise!
P18-20 Exercise A, B & C in Book B

19. ☆ HOMEWORK: ☆