1、Unit 7 The Birthday Party,Topic 1 When is your birthday?,Section A,一般过去时（The Simple Past Tense)介绍,1.定义：表示过去发生的动作 或存在的状态。2.例句：He was a cook. 他(之前)是个厨师。,Be动词的一般过去时,1. am / is 要变为was,练习: I am 12 years old. (变为一般过去时）,2. are 要变为were,练习: They are students. (变为一般过去时）,He is a singer.,Thirty years ago, he _
2、a student.,was,It is ten past ten.,Ten minutes ago, it _ten oclock.,was,You are in No. Ten Middle School.,Two years ago, you _ in primary school.,were,Practice,1. I _ at home three hours ago.2. She _ at school just now.3. It _ Wednesday yesterday.4. They _ on a farm last week.,was,were,was,was,be动词一
3、般过去时肯定句句式,肯定句：主语 + was / were + ,She was a teacher.,But she was _ a student.,not,They were doctors.,But they were _ cooks.,not,was not = wasnt,were not = werent,否定句：主语 + was / were + not + ,_ the monkey happy?,No, it wasnt.,Were,_ they cooks?,Yes, they were.,Was,一般疑问句：Was / Were + 主语 + ?,January,Feb
4、ruary,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December,1c. Work in pairs.,A:When were you born ?,B:I was born in_.,eighteen forty,nineteen hundred,nineteen o four,nineteen seventy-six,two thousand,two thousand and eight,Read the first six years .,1840,1900,1904,1976,2000,2008,Can
5、 you write them in English?,1800_1820_1903_1996_2009_2050_,eighteen hundred,eighteen twenty,nineteen o three,nineteen ninety-six,two thousand and nine,two thousand (and) fifty/twenty fifty,2b. Listen and write down the year or month in each coversation.,_,1879,September,_,_,1983,February,_,March,Jul
6、y,1930,1973,A:Who is he?,B:He is Liu Xiang.,A:Where was he born?,B:He was born in Shanghai.,A:When was he born?,B:He was born in July,1983.,A:Wow! Youre a big fan of Liu Xiang.,Do you know this woman?,She is J.K.Rowling, the writer of Harry Potter.,When and where was she born? Do you know?,1a. Read 1a and finish 1b,NameDate of BirthPlace of BirthHer Novel,Thank you,
