Unit 3 Going places Period 5: Grammar

Aims:1. To enable the students to use the Present Continuous Tense for future actions.

     2. To enable the students to learn useful expressions of good wishes.

Aids: tape recorder

Procedures:

Step I. Listen to the dialogue and ask the students to get useful information

1. Choose the best answers they hear on the tape.

Betty are off to Guangzhou next Thursday evening. Her brother Bob _____ Betty. Her plane _____ at seven, so they _____ a taxi. And Jane _____ to Xi’an with her parents on Friday. She _____ there by air too.

a. is getting  b. is seeing off  c. will take  d. leaves  e. is going

  2. Ask the students to listen to the tape once more with the questions and sum up functional sentences.

  Q: What did Jane say to Betty when she expresses her good wishes? And what did Betty answer?

Expressing wishes:  Have a nice/good/pleasant/safe trip/journey

                      Good luck

                      Have a nice/good time in…

                      Enjoy your holiday

                      The same to you.

Greeting others:   Say “Hi/Hello” to … from me.

Give my love/ regards/ best wishes to your…

Sends his/her best wishes/ love to…

Step II. Read the dialogue and underline the verbs that express future.