现在进行时表将来

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教学内容:

the Present Continuous Tense expresses futurity 现在进行时表将来

I. Teaching goals：教学目标

Knowledge aims: 知识目标

Get the students to learn the usage of the Present Continuous Tense for future actions.

Ability aims:能力目标

Enable the students to use the Present Continuous Tense to express future action properly in different situations.

Emotional aim:情感目标

Enable the students to communicate with others well by properly using the Present Continuous Tense for future actions.

II. Teaching important points 教学重点

Get the students to master the usage of the Present Continuous Tense for future actions.

III. Teaching difficult points教学难点

Enable the students learn how to use the Present Continuous Tense to express future actions.

IV. Teaching methods 教学方法  

1. Task-based method teaching and learning

2. Cooperative learning

3. Discussion and practice

V. Teaching aid 教具准备

A computer, normal teaching tools

VI 教学理念

1. Try to make the teaching material easier understood.

2. Try to make the students interested in what they will learn and further understand what they have learned.

Teaching procedures 教学过程

Step1. Lead-in

Lead-in by a conversation.

A:Sara. I have heard that you will go to Shanghai ?

B:Oh, yes.

A:Where will you go?

B:I am going to shanghai.

A:When will you leave?

B:I am leaving tomorrow.

A:Have a good time.

B:Thank you.

(Underline the Present Continuous Tense, and pay attention to the verb forms and do some explanations by yourselves. Can the present continuous tense be used to express the futurity?)

Step2. Grammar learning

 Task 1   Now , let’s look at two sentences again.

 

1. I’m playing in London next Thursday.

2. I am going to stay with my mother.

(explain these two sentences and then conclude)

Task 2  conclusion

Look at these three sentences again and then conclude.

1. I am going to shanghai.

2. I am leaving tomorrow.

3. I am playing in London next Thursday.

现在进行时表将来可通过时间状语或者上下文暗示出来，这种用法比较生动，给人一种期待感。能用进行时表示将来的动词有：

go, come, leave, start, arrive, give, return, sleep, stay, play, arrive, do, take, get ,fly, drive, walk, reach, meet等。归纳为以下两点：

1)   come, go, stay, arrive, leave 等趋向性动词的现在进行时经常用于表示将来确切的计划。

e.g. I am leaving China in two hours.

2) 表示交通方式、行程安排的动词，例如fly, walk, ride, drive, take (a bus, a taxi)等的现在进行时也经常用于表示将来。

e.g. I am flying to Japan tomorrow.

Step 3 Exercises

1. --- Are you still busy?

      --- Yes, I ___ my work, and it won’t take long.

 A. just finish              

 B. am just finishing

 C. have just finished 

 D. am just going to finish

2. -- I’m going to the States.

    -- How long ___ you ___ in the States?

    A. are; stayed　　  B. are; staying　　　     

C. have; stayed　   D. did; stay

3. ---Did you tell Julia about the result?

      ---Oh, no, I forgot. I ____ her now.

   A. will be calling       B. will call

   C. call                         D. am to call　

4.---What would you do if it ______tomorrow?

---we have to carry it on, since we have got everything ready.

A. rains            B. will rain

C. is raining     D. rain

Step 4 summary

1.    表达确切的计划、明确的意图和为将来安排好的活动时, 用现在进行时表示将来。

2.    临时，突然想起用will do表示将来。

3.    在时间，条件状语从句中，用一般现在时表示将来。

Step5 Homework

Thinking for a while:

Can past continuous tense be used to express futurity?

Why or why not?