Spring Festival

Unit 3 Language in use.

Are you getting ready for Spring Festival?What’s your mother doing?She’s cleaning the house.I’m eating jiaozi.

Language practice

1. Work in pairs. A: Choose a picture. Say what the

people are doing.B: Guess which picture Student A is

describing.

A: They are watching TV.B: Is it Picture 4?A: Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

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A: He’s making dumplings.B: Is it Picture 2?A: No, it isn’t. It’s picture 1.

A: She’s making lanterns.B: Is it Picture 2?A: Yes, it is.

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A: She’s playing a computer game.B: Is it Picture 3?A: Yes, it is.

A: They’re learning a lion dance.B: Is it Picture 3?A: No, it isn’t. It’s picture 5.

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2. Write questions and short answers.

1. Lingling’s mother /cleaning the house? --Is Lingling’s mother cleaning the house? --Yes, she is.

2. Lingling’s father/ making lanterns? -- Is Lingling’s father making lanterns? -- No, he isn’t.

Lingling’s mother/learning a lion dance?--Is Lingling’s mother learning a lion dance? --No, she isn’t.

3. Lingling’s aunt/ cooking the meal ? -- Is Lingling’s aunt cooking the meal? -- No, she isn’t.

4. Lingling’s grandma /sweeping the floor? --Is Lingling’s grandma sweeping the floor? --No, she isn’t.

5. Daming and Betty /learning a lion dance -- Are Daming and Betty learning a lion dance? -- Yes, they are.

6. Lingling’s family/ getting ready for Spring Festival ? -- Are Lingling’s family getting ready for Spring Festival? -- Yes, they are.

现在进行时态的特殊疑问句式特殊疑问词 +be+ 主语 +v-ing+… ？What is he doing at the moment?What are they talking about?What is Mr Wang saying?

现在进行时态的一般疑问句Be+ 主语 +v-ing+… ？Is he doing his homework now?Are they talking about history?Is Mr Wang watching TV?

一般现在时和现在进行时的区别1. 一般现在时表示现在的状态或习惯性 行为 , 现在进行时表示正在进行的行为

He likes jiaozi.He is eating jiaozi now.

2. 一般现在时常和 often/always/never/ usually/every day 连用 , 现在进行时 常和 now/at the moment/Look! 连用

He often cleans his room.Look, he is cleaning his room.

一般现在时态( 动词原形 / 第三人称单数 )

现在进行时(be+v-ing)

动词原形 第三人称单数 现在分词 (v+ing)

write writes writingshop shops shoppinghave has havinglie lies lying

Make sentences like this:He writes to his uncle every week.He is writing to his uncle now.

4. Complete the passage.are getting ready

are cleaningare sweeping

is cookingwork

buy

At the moment, we _________________(get ready) for Spring Festival. We ___________(clean) the house and we ____________(sweep) the floor. My mother ____________(cook) a meal. My father doesn’t _______(work) today. We always__________ (buy) new clothes for Spring Festival . We always_____(get) presents from our family and friends. Spring Festival finishes at Lantern Festival, and we often _____(eat) yuanxiao on that day.

get

eat

5. Find four things that you both do at Spring Festival.1. We usually clean the house .2. We buy new clothes.

4.We often play fireworks at midnight.

3.We usually have a traditional family dinner

Christmas and Father ChristmasChristmas is the most important festival in most Western countries. Children usually like Christmas a lot because of Father Christmas, Santa Claus. He is a fat man with a long white beard and he wears a red suit. He visits people on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day,and gives presents to children, So they love him very much.

6. Ask and answer questions .--What are you and your family doing for Spring Festival at the moment? My grandparents are making lanterns. My mother is cooking the meal. My father is cleaning the house. I am helping to sweep the floor. We are all very busy.

7. Write notes. Getting ready Food Present Traditions

Dear …Here in China it’s Spring Festival and we’re getting ready. My mother is …Usually we … and we…Tell me about a festival in your country.Love from,_________(your name)

8. Write a letter to a pen friend.· What you’re doing for the Spring Festival at the moment.· What you usually do.

lanternquitesweep awayhardmerryfloordumplings毛线衣参加 龙周末在…之前庆祝圣诞快乐一月收拾好此刻hurry upFebruarycoatreadyluck舞蹈the EndHappy New Year ！

1. _________the boy doing? A. what’s B. What C. What’s2.Spring Festival_________at Lantern Festival. A. finish B. finishes C. starts3.Are they_________a big dinner? A. having B. is having C. has4.They_____eat yuanxiao on Christmas. A. aren’t B. not C. don’t

Exercises.

根据标点连词成句：grandma, cooking , now , a meal, my, is ________________________________.watching TV, are , in Picture 1, they________________________________?Lily’s father, not, the floor, is, sweeping________________________________.the cat, what, at the moment, doing, is________________________________?

My grandma is cooking a meal now

Are they watching TV in Picture 1

Lily’s father isn’t sweeping the floor

What’s the cat doing at the moment

Homework.1.Master all the key words and sentences in Module 10.2.Write a short composition about Spring Festival.3.Additional exercises.

Thank you!