中考英语总复习第二轮教案
一．名词
考试标准：1．了解名词复数形式的构成规则。
2．能识别名词所有格，如Mary's book，Children’s Palace，teacher's office等。
3．能认识专有名词。
4．能熟练运用常用的不可数名词，如water，rice，milk等。
名词的数
1、可数名词与不可数名词
A、不可数名词，初中阶段常见的不可数名词有：water ; meat ; rice ; bread ; milk ; tea ; orange(桔汁) ; fruit ; air ; snow ; chalk; work ; paper(纸) ; time(时间); music ; weather ; grass ; news ; food ; fish(鱼肉); coke ; porridge ; cake(可数或不可数). 不可数名词应注意以下几点：
1)前无数、冠，后无复数；作主语为三单.
2)表量用约数some /any ; much ; a lot of 或用of短语
eg. There is ____ bread on the table. [C]
A. a
B. one
C. a piece of
D. many
There is some_______ on the plate. [B]
A. apple
B. fish
C. milks
D. deer
2、可数名词的复数
A、不规则变化：
man—men ; woman—women ;child—children
policeman—policemen
Englishman—Englishmen
Frenchman—Frenchmen
foot—feet ; tooth—teeth mouse(鼠)—mice
B、规则变化
1）s; sh; ch; x 结尾加es 读[iz]
2) ce; se; ze; (d)ge 结尾加s
eg. boxes [b ksiz] blouses [blauziz]
3)f (fe) 结尾则变f(fe)为v加es---读[vz]
eg. knives [naivz]
4) “辅+y”结尾变y为i加es 清就清[s]
5)一般加s 浊就浊[z]
eg. books[buks] pens[penz] babies[beibiz]
但注意以下几点：
①potato—potatoes ; tomato—tomatoes
②单复同形: fish ; sheep ; deer ; Chinese ; Japanese
③由man , woman在词首构成的复合名词应将两部分都变成复数
man doctor —men doctors
④reef—reefs
⑤“某国人”的复数：中日不变英法变，其余s加后面. eg. German—Germans
⑥people , police 常用单数形式表示复数概念The police are looking for the missing boy.
名词所有格：
名词’s (意思是“……的”)
A.有生命的名词所有格，一般在后加“’s”但注意：
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Teaching Plan 学校：云南师范大学 学院：外国语学院 专业：英语教育 姓名：单坤妍&曹慧仙 学号：114050282&114050281 2013年10月19日星期六
Teaching Plan Name : Shan Kunyan & Cao Huixian No: 114050282& 114050281 Teaching Materials:Go for It (Unit 6 : Do you like bananas ?) ( period: 1 ) Students’ level : Junior 1 1:Teaching content :SectionA(1a-1c) (1)Vocabulary: food, hamburger, tomato, ice-scream, salad, strawberry, pear, milk, bread, ,apple, banana (2)Structure : Yes/No questions and short answers Affirmative and negative statement Examples : Do you like bananas? Yes , I do ./No , I don’t. Do you like salad ? Yes , I do ./No , I don’t. 2:Teaching aim : (1) To learn to use words about some foods . (2) To enable students to ask and answer easy questions about likes and dislikes . 3: Function : Talk about likes and dislikes about foods . 4: Teaching methods : 3P model 5: Teaching aids: pictures , real objects , stick figures 6: Teaching Time: 45 minutes
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Unit 1 How can we become good learners? Section A 1 (1a-2d) 一．Teaching aims: Language goals 1. Talk about how to study. 2. Find out your suitable learning methods. Ability goals 1.Words and phrases：aloud pronunciation work with friends ask the teacher for help, read aloud , look up , practice pronunciation 2.Sentence patterns How do you study English? I learn by working with a group. Do you learn English by reading aloud? Yes, I do. It helps my pronunciation. How can I read faster? You can read faster by reading word groups. 二．Emotion and attidute: Developing students’ ability of learning English 三．Key points and difficulties 1. Key words and phrases 2.Questions intrduced by “how”and the sentence pattern: “by +doing ” 四．Teaching procedures: Step 1 Warming up T: How do you study English? Do you study English by the following ways? (Show some pictures and present the important phrases.) T: How do you study English? S: I study English by ______.
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形容词副词比较级与最高级专练 （）1．I think science is _ than Japanese． A．much important B．important C．much more important D．more much important （） 2 This pencil is___ than that one． A．longest B．long C．longer D．as long （） 3 These children are ____ this year than they were last year． A．more tall B．more taller C．very taller D．much taller （） 4 It was very hot yesterday，but it is___ today． A．even hotter B．more hotter C．much more hot D．much hot （）5 Our classroom is____ larger than theirs． A．more B．quite C．very D．much （） 6 Maths is more popular than____． A．any other subject B．all the subjects C．any subject D．other subject （）7 China is larger than ____ in Africa A．any other country B．other countries C．the other country D．any country （）8 Tom is stronger than ___ in his class． A．any other boy B．any boys C．any boy D．other boy （）9 When spring comes，it gets____． A．warm and warm B．colder and colder C．warmer and warmer D．shorter and shorter （）10 By and by，____ students in our class came to like English． A．more and more B．much and much C．many and many D．less and least （）11 At last he began to cry ___． A．hard and hard B．more hard and more hard C．harder and harder D．less hard and less harder （）12 When spring comes the days get ____ and nights ____． A．short；long B．long；short C．longer；shorter D．shorter；longer （）13___ I look at the picture，____ I like it． A．The best；the more B．The more；the less C．The more；less D．More；the more （）14___ he read the book，____ he got in it． A．The more；the more interesting B．The less；the more interesting C．The more；the more interested D．More；more interested （）15 Which do you like ___，tea or coffee？ A．well B．better C．best D．most （）16 Which do you think tastes _，the chicken or the fish？ A．good B．better C．best D．well （）17 Who jumped____of all？ A．far B．farther C．farthest D．the most far （）18Li Lei is___ student in our class． A．tall B．taller C．tallest D．the tallest （）19 The fifth orange is____ of all．Give it to that small child．
英语教案范文全英文版初中 【Analysis of the Teaching Material】 (I)STATUS AND FUNCTION 1.This unit is a revision unit, so it covers all communicative language knowledge learned from Unit 7 to Unit 11. 2.This lesson is the first one of Unit 12. So if the students can learn this lesson well, it will be helpful to make the students learn the rest of this unit. 3.This lesson is a dialogue about keeping fish. Such topic is related to daily life, so it is helpful to raise learning interests of students and it will be also helpful to improve their spoken English. (II)TEACHING AIMS AND DEMANDS Knowledge objects 1. To make the Ss know how to keep fish, birds or any other animal by learning the dialogue of this lesson. 2. To give a reinforced practice in the use of the Modal Verbs and some useful expressions for making suggestions. Ability objects
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初一人教版英语教案 【篇一：新目标初一英语上册教案】 unit one my name is gina. 教材分析 1．话题： making new friends 2．功能目标： 1）使学生学会用英语介绍自己。 3．文化目标： 1）让学生初步体会用英语和别人交流的感受，培养学生学习英语的兴趣。 2）通过对英文名字的介绍，对比中西方表达名字的不同，了解中西方文化的差异。 3）通过对西方一些成功人士英文名字的介绍，使学生了解成功是由不懈的努力和艰苦的奋斗得来的。 4．认知目标： 1）词汇： clock, hello, hi, and, question, answer, look, first name, last name 2) 语法项目：一般现在时be的用法 特殊疑问词what开头的问句 形容词性物主代词my, your, his, her
what’s=what is i’m=i am my name’s=my name is 3) 语言目标： what’s your name? my name is gina. i’m gina. nice to meet you. period one language topic: what’s your name? my name is gina. language strategies: talk about the names main vocabulary: name is, meet, his, first name, last name, answer, boy , girl. ii.语言结构: present tense to be, what questions, possessive adj. my, your, his, her. 。iii.语言功能:询问姓名及怎样回答. iv.活动设计：采访调查what’s your first name? v. teaching steps: step 1:greetings. step 2: words: learn the new words a: first, listen to the recorder, the students read after the recorder. b: read the new words after the teacher. step 3: 1a write english words for the things in the picture. how many things do you know? step 4: 1b listen and number the conversations . three times.
外研社英语初一（上册）英语知识点 MUDULE 1 一、同义句 1.My name's Daming. = I'm Daming. 2.I'm from England. = I come from England. 3.Are you a new student ？≈ Are you new? 4.Nice to meet you. = Nice to see you. =Glade to meet you. = Glade to see you. 5.What's your name ？= May I have your name ？ 二、特殊疑问句 —What's your name ？ —How old are you? = Can you tell me your age? —My name is .... = What's your age? — I'm twelve years old. —Where are you from? —What class are you in? —I'm from... — I'm in Class One, Grade One. 三、单词短语 1.practise + ding sth. 2.with ＆and A and B go to the bank. A with B goes to the bank. 四、形容性物主代词 I--my you--your he--his she--her it--its we--our you--your they —them MUDULE 2 一、单词 职业：doctor manager secretary worker teacher 工作地点：factory hospital hotel office school university a photo\picture of my family 三、语法(can) Can do sth. I can\can't ride a bike. Can you ride a bike? Yes, I can.\No, I can't. 四、句子 What does your ... do?=What is\are you ...'s job?=What is your ...? two
外研版初中英语七年级英语上册全套基础练习 Module1 My classmates基础练习 一、单项选择 1. I have two friends the United States. They tall and thin. A. from; are B. from; have C. are from; are D. are from; have 2. --- Where Frank come from? --- He from the United States. A. is; is B. does; come C. does; is D. is; comes 3. This is a girl. name is Kate. She is friend. A. Her; my B. His; you C. His; my D. My; her 4. name is Mark and name is Gina. A. My; he B. His; her C. his; Her D. Her; his 5. --- Are you in Grade Two? --- . A. Yes, I'm B. Yes, I'm not C. No, I am D. No, I'm not 6. How old your brother? And how old you? A. is; are B. are; is C. are; are D. is; is 7. --- Where you from? --- I from Weifang, Shandong Province(省). A. is; am B. are; is C. are; am D. is; are 8. The man is David Smith. Smith is his name and David is his name. A. family, first B. first, family C. first, last D. family, full 9. I walk to school every day. ? A. What about you do B. What do you C. How about you D. What about your 10. --- Hi, John! Long time no see. --- Very well, thanks. A. How do you do? B. Nice to meet you.
初一上册各模块知识点及考试重点 名词所所有格： ⑴表示有生命的名词的所有格其单数形式是加 's, students' rooms, father's shoes。 (2). 如复数结尾不是s的仍加 's，如：Children's Day。 (3). 在表示时间、距离、长度、重量、价格、世界、国家等名词的所有格要用 's，例 如：a twenty minutes' walk，ten miles' journey，a boat's length，two pounds' weight, ten dollars' worth。 (4). 无生命名词的所有格则必须用of结构，例如：a map of China，the end of this term，the capital of our country, the color of the flowers。 特殊情况： the key to the door/ the answer to the question the ticket for the concert (5). 双重所有格，例如：a friend of my father's。 【注意】 如果两个名词并列，并且分别有 's，则表示“分别有”，例如：John's and Mary's rooms（约翰和玛丽各有一间，共两间）；Tom's and Mary's bikes（两人各自的自行车）。 两个名词并列，只有一个's，则表示“共有”，例如：John and Mary's room（约翰和玛丽共有一间）；Tom and Mary's mother（即Tom与Mary是兄妹）。 名词复数的不规则变化 单复数通同形：人们说汉语和日语，瑞士人喜欢绵羊、鹿和雨 fish 、sheep、deer、people、Chinese、English 不规则变化：男女孩子的脚，踩住老鼠的牙 Women、 men 、feet、 mice、 teeth 1、would的用法 ①Would you like to do sth你愿意干某事吗提出建议邀请，如果同意，用YES， I’d love to./all right /A good idea.如果拒绝，也要客气的回绝。 ②would like sth想要某物 Would like sb to do sth想让某人做某事 Would like to do 想去做一件事情
精品好文档，推荐学习交流 外研新版七年级上册英语单词表 Starter Module1 hello [h?'l??] 你好，喂 class [klɑ:s] 同学，班级 my [mai] 我的 name [neim] 名字 is [iz] 是（动词be的第三人称单数现在式） Miss [mis] 小姐（对未婚女性的称呼），老师good [g?d] 好的 morning ['m?:ni?] 早晨，上午 good morning 早上好 afternoon [ɑ:ft?'nu:n]下午 good afternoon 下午好 goodbye [g?d'bai] 再见 I [ai] 我 am [?m; ?m] 是（动词be的第三人称单数现在式）I’m=I am 我是 Mr ['mist?(r)] 先生 what[w?t]什么 your [j?:; j?] 你的，你们的 please [pli:z] 请 sorry ['s?ri] 对不起，抱歉的 can [k?n, k?n] 能，能够 you [ju:] 你，你们 spell [spel] 拼写 it [it] 它 yes [jes] 是，是的 thank [θ??k]谢谢 how [ha?] 怎样，如何 are [ɑ:] 是（动词be的复数和第二人称单数现在式）fine [fain] 很好的，不错的 thanks [θ??ks] 谢谢 Mrs ['misiz] 夫人，太太 too [tu:] 也，还 this [eis] 这，这个（指较近的人或事物） she [?i:] 她 teacher ['ti:t??] 老师 friend [frend] 朋友 her [h?:] 她的 his [hiz] 他的 nice [nais] 美好的，令人愉快的 to [tu:] (与原形动词一起构成动词不定式) meet [mi:t] 遇见，结识 time [taim] 时间 go [g??] 走，去 now [na?] 现在，目前 bye [bai] 再见 see [si:] 看见 tomorrow [t?'m?r??] 明天 Module 2 sit [sit] 坐 down [da?n] 向下地，向下open ['??p?n] （打）开 book [b?k] 书 listen ['lisn] 听，倾听 draw [dr?:] 绘画，画 put [p?t] 放，置 up [?p] 向上地，朝上，向上 hand [h?nd] 手 stand [st?nd] 站立 stand up 起立 close [kl??s] 合上，关闭 new [nju:] 新的 student ['stju:d(?)nt] 学生 here [hi?] 这里，在这里 in [in] 在……里面 one [w?n] 一 two [tu:] 二 three [θri:] 三 four [f?:] 四 five [faiv] 五 six [siks] 六 seven ['sev?n] 七 eight [eit] 八 nine [nain] 九 ten [ten] 十 telephone ['telif??n] 电话 number ['n?mb?] 号码 old [??ld] ……年龄的，…..岁的 how old 多大，几岁 twelve [twelv] 十二 eleven [i'lev(?)n] 十一 thirteen [,θ?:'ti:n]十三 fourteen [,f?:'ti:n] 十四 fifteen [,fifti:n] 十五 sixteen [,siks'ti:n] 十六 seventeen [,sev?n'ti:n] 十七 eighteen [,ei'ti:n] 十八 nineteen [,nain'ti:n] 十九 twenty ['twenti] 二十 boy [b?i] 男孩 girl [g?:l] 女孩 desk [desk] 桌子 chair [t?e?] 椅子 bag [b?g] 包，书包 Module 3 in [in] 使用（使用某种语言） English ['i?gli?] 英语，来自英格兰的 in English 用英语 a [?; ei] 一（个，件……） write [rait] 写 on [?n] 在…..上 the [e?; ei:]（指已经谈到或正在谈的事物）
A teaching plan By Liu Yuan fu School:_ Xuan Hua Middle school Junior or Senior Section：Junior Class：_six__ Grade : Seven_ Size: 65_students_ Time:_40 minutes Materials: _Unit 10 Can you play the guitar?(section A 1a-1c)_ Date: _December 13th_ Type of lesson: __listening and speaking_ Aids: CAI, PPT Contents: 1. Vocabulary：guitar, join, dance, swim, sing, chess, paint, s peak, play chess, speak English, play the guitar, want to join the music club, art club. 2. Structure: Can you play the guitar/ swim/paint/dance---? Yes, I can. No, I can’t. Bu t I can---. Can he/she play the guitar/ swim/paint/dance---? Yes, he/she can. No, he/she can’t.Bu t he/she can---. I want to join the art club. 3. Dialogue:1c. 4. listening: 1b. Objectives: 1. Teaching Aims and Demands (1) Instructional Objectives
Module 1 重点词组 1. “欢迎回到某地”welcome back to +地点名词 如：欢迎回到学校welcome back to school 热烈欢迎某人：give sb a warm welcome 不用谢：You are welcome 2. 首先：first of all （放句首） 3．失物招领：lost and found 失物招领箱：lost and found box 在失物招领箱中：in the lost and found box 4. 某人有某物：have（got）/has（got）= have/has 某处有某物：there be（is/are） There be 的be动词的单复数根据“就近原则”变化（be动词与 离它最近的主语在数上保持一致 如：（1）桌子上有一支钢笔和一些书 There is a pen and some books on the desk. (这里要用is，因为靠近它的名词a pen，是单数) （2）桌子上有一些书和一支钢笔 There are some books and a pen on the desk,.(这里用are，因为靠近它的名词是some books，是复数) 5．谁的： ？ 这是Lucy 6. 在这儿/ 如果主语是名词要用全部倒装（谓语动词放在主语之前），如果主语是代词用部分倒装 如：这儿有一封信。Here is a letter.（letter是名词，要全部倒装，letter要放在谓语动词is后） 它在这儿。Here it is.(it是代词，要部分倒装，it放is前面) 7．照顾：take care of = look after 小心（照顾、做、处理）：be careful with+名词 小心做某事：be careful to do sth 如：小心鸡蛋：Be careful with the eggs. 小心地把鸡蛋拿到厨房：Be careful to take the eggs to the kitchen. 8．从现在开始：from now on 9．男士钱包：wallet 女士钱包：purse 10．与。。。交谈：talk to=talk with+人 谈论。。。：talk about+人/物 如：我妈妈正在和我老师谈论我的学习。 My mother is talking to/with my teacher about my study. 11.上车：get on 下车：get off 与某人相处融洽：get on/along well with sb 与某人相处得不好：get on badly with sb 询问“与某人相处得怎么样”要用how提问 如：我和他一直相处融洽：I always get on well with him. 我和他一直相处得不好。I always get on badly with him. 你与你的父母相处得怎么样？How do you get on with your parents? 很融洽：Quite well. 12. leave (1)作动词： A．“离开，动身去某地”，通常与for 连用 如：我明天动身去香港：I’m leaving for Hong Kong tomorrow. B. “把（某人或某物）留在/遗忘（某地）”，通常后面接“地点” 如：我经常把钥匙忘在家里：I often leave my key at home。 （2）作名词：表“假期、休假” 如：我想请两天假/ 一星期假：I want to ask for two days’ leave./a week’s leave. 13. 这是…..的原因That’ s why +结果 如：这就是我今早没吃早餐就上学的原因 That’s why Igo to school without breakfast.(没吃早餐上学是表结果)
M1 U1. T ony:Let`s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. And I think the Giant`s Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder. Lingling:Hm,I`ve never seen it,so I`m not sure I agree with do you like it,T ony? T ony:Well,I visited the Giant`s Causeway two years `s huge. There`re about 40,000 rocks,most of them with six sides. It goes for several hundred metres on the eastem coast of Northem Ireland. Lingling:That sounds great,though I think Victoria Falls in Africa are even more fantastic. They`re about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away. Betty:Wow,tha`s huge! But in my opinion,man-made wonders are more exciting than natural at the T erracotta `s more than 2,000 years old. Daming:I agree with you,Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fantastic too. It`s about 2,300 metres long,185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top. It lions of people in China. Betty:Now,who`d like to call first? M1 U2 A great wonder of the natural world When I arrived,it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east—the sky was being got out of the car,went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see,but I knew it was there.