Step 1 Revision

Revise the forms of the Simple Past Tense learnt so far（did, went, had） by asking individual Ss What time did you have breakfast/lunch/dinner yesterday? What time did you go to school/ home/to bed? Help the Ss to answer. Note these answers on the Bb and ask about them: What time did he/she…?

Practise the question forms, then get the Ss to ask and answer in pairs.

Step 2 Presentation

Show a picture of someone swimming and say What did LiLei do yesterday? He went swimming. Repeat for Jim（did his homework）and Wei Hua（went shopping）. Ask randomly What did Li Lei/Jim/Wei Hua do yesterday? Help the Ss to answer.

Present Did Li Lei play football yesterday? No, he didn't. Did he go fishing? Yes, he did. Ask similar questions to elicit No, he/she didn't. Yes, he/she did. Pay attention to the pronunciation of didn't/'didn't/.

Ask individual Ss Did you play basketball（etc）yesterday? to practise No, I didn't. Yes, I did. Note that for all persons the past form of the action verb remains the same.

Step 3 Practice

Ask a student to come to the front. The class must ask as many questions as possible to find out what the student did yesterday.

Give some examples: Did you eat bread yesterday? Did you buy any fruit yesterday? Help the student to answer Yes, I did. No, I didn't. Say I can't remember! if necessary.

Then Ss ask and answer in pairs about themselves.

Step4 Presentation

Use pictures to teach or revise rice, dumpling, noodles, porridge, fish, meat, vegetables, fruit, chicken, eggs, bread. For each one ask Ss Did you/he/she/they eat rice/…yesterday? Helpthem to answer Yes/No, I/he/She/they did/ didn't as appropriate.

SB page 47, Part1. Read through the vocabulary with the Ss. Practise the pronunciation carefully. Revise the spelling rules: u/)/, oo/u:/, o/&/, etc.

Step 5 Read, ask and answer

SB page 47, Part 2. Let the Ss look at the table for a moment.

Make sure they understand what they are required to do. Ask Did…? questions, such as Did Jim have eggs for breakfast yesterday? Then get individual Ss to make up Did…?

questions in the same way. Finally, get the Ss to ask and answer in pairs.

Step 6 Ask and answer

SB page 47, Part 3. Ask the What…?

questions, then get individual Ss to make up some more. Let the Ss ask and answer in pairs.

Step 7 Workbook

Wb Lesson 47, Exx. 1－3.

Do Ex. 1 orally in pairs and write the answers in the form.

For Ex. 2 get a pair of Ss to read the dialogue and make sure the Ss understand it. Ask some Ss How many lessons did you have yesterday morning/afternoon? What lessons did you have? What did your Chinese teacher say about the homework? If possible, you may tell the Ss the English for some other subjects, e. g. maths, P.E., etc. Then get the Ss to practise the dialogue in pairs.

Do Ex. 3 orally in class. The Ss are encouraged to think of more sentences using the past forms of verb to be.

Homework

Write eight sentences for Wb Lesson 47, Ex3. Finish off the Workbook exercises.

Revise the new vocabulary and language points in this unit.