Language Focus:

1. Useful expressions: have an accident; hurt badly;

2. The present Perfect Tense:

What’s happened? They’ve had an accident. Has anyone called the police? Yes, they have.

Teaching Objectives: Make the students use the language point in the dialogues.

                                   the usage of the present Perfect Tense

Properties: Tape recorder, Overhead Projector, TV, pictures.

Teaching Procedures:

Ⅰ. Organization of the class

In this lesson, we are going to conclude the use of the present perfect tense.

Ⅱ. Revision

1. Go over the structure and concept of the tense.

2. Revise the present perfect Tense. Ask :

Have you ever been to the Great Wall?

How long have you lived in Beijing?

Get the students to answer the questions.

Make sure they can answer correctly.

Ⅲ. Presentation

1. Show a picture of an accident on TV. Get the students to watch and talk about the accident using some words, such as: have an accident, hurt, badly, fall off, hit …

2. Have the students read and practice the dialogues in pairs.

3. Ask some students to act out the dialogue.

Ⅳ. Puzzle dialogue

Find the best answers by themselves. Check the answer with the whole class.

Ask the students to make up similar questions, then get the other students to answer them.

Ⅴ. Read and act

1. Ask the students to close their books, and then listen to the tape and answer the questions:

Where have Bruce and Sue gone?

Haven’t they ever been to London?

When are they going to be back?

Have the students find the answer to the question. Check the answer with the class.

2. Ask the students to read the dialogue, then practice in pairs.

3. Act out the dialogue.

4. Allow them to change the dialogue to fit a situation they might have at home.

Ⅵ. Exercises in class

Ⅶ. Homework

A.    Go over the whole lesson

B.    Go over the grammar points