Knowledge Points of Unit 3 of the Volume 1 of the Lujiao Version of English for Grade 7

Summary of 1-3 knowledge points

1. Key vocabulary

do one's homework watch TV watch TV eat dinner eat; eat clean the room clean room talk on the phone sound + adjective sound... thanks for+n/doing thank someone for something go shopping/swimming go shopping/swimming at the pool read newspaper/a book in the swimming pool go to the movies watch movies write a letter write a letter

wait for wait; wait talk about talk about... play basketball/soccer/ play basketball/play football take photos take photos

TV show TV show some of... some of a photo of my family at school be with and. . . together

in the tree in the first/last photowith sb play computer games with someone play computer games in picture around The World around the world on vacation take photos on the beach lie on the beach a group of people play beach volleyball be surprised at sth./sb. be surprised at someone or someone in this heat be relaxed in the heat have a good time have a good time

in different kind of weather thank sb for(doing)sth thank someone for something How's it going ? How are you doing? some…others…some…others…look like..looks like. . . look+adj look... look at sb doing/do sth look at someone doing something/doing something (the whole process of something) everyone followed by single three look like look like.... curly /short/straight /long hair curly/short/straight hair of medium height/build medium height/body a little bit+adjective a little bit... a pop singer a pop singer be popular with sb in...pop not...any more no longer good-looking good-looking wear glasses have a new look the captain of the basketball team Nobody knows me

2. Key sentence patterns

1.-What +be+subject+doing? ….What are you doing? -Subject + be doing. . . …is doing something.

3.-Here are/is…Example: Here are some of my photos. Here is a photo of my family.

1.-Do you want to go to the movies ? –Sure.

2.-When do you want to go? –Let’s go at seven.

3.-Where do people play basketball? –At school.

4.-What's he waiting for?-He's waiting for a bus.

5.-What's he reading? He's reading a newspaper.

6. You can see my family at home. Can +do(verb base form) can...

7. --What does he look like? --He's really short. He has short hair./ He is of medium build.< /p>

8. Do you know I have a new friend in Class Five?

9. --She has beautiful, long black hair.

10. --I don't think he's so great .

11. -- She never stops talking. --Stop doing (sth) means to stop what you are doing, such as: He stop listening

--stop to do (sth) means to stop to do something, such as: He stops to listen.

12.I can go shopping and nobody knows me.

13.-How's the weather (+ location)? –It's raining?

14 .-What's the weather like?—It's sunny./It's cold and snowing.

15.-How's it going? –Great. /Not bad./terrible/pretty good

16.Thanks you for joining CCTV's Around the World show?

17.-Is Aunt Wang there? –Yes, she is/No, she isn't

18. There are many people here on vacation.

3. Key grammar: present continuous tense

1) The form of the present continuous tense is:

Auxiliary verb be (am, is, are) + verb -ing form (also called present participle), indicating an action that is taking place or happening now (at the moment of speaking).

2) The affirmative sentence form of the present continuous tense is subject + be (am, is, are) + present participle of the verb + other I'm watching TV.

3) Present continuous tense Negative sentence form subject + be(am, is,are)+not+verb present participle+other

They are not playing soccer.

4) General question form of present continuous tense And the answer is Is(am, are)+subject+verb present participle+other?

Yes, subject+is/am/are. No, subject+isn't/aren't/am not. Are you reading? Yes, I am. No,I am not.

5) Special question form of present continuous tense:

Special question word+is/am/are+subject+present Participle + other? Example: What is your brother doing?

4. Dialogue learning

1. It's sunny/rainy/cloudy. Today is sunny/rainy/cloudy.

2. Lovely weather, isn’t it? Lovely weather, isn’t it?

3. It looks like rain. It looks like it’s going to rain.

4. It’s raining cats and dogs. It’s pouring rain.

5. It seems to be cleaning up. The sky seems to be clearing up.

6. It’s blowing hard. The wind is blowing hard.

7. It’s snowing heavily. It’s snowing heavily.

8. The snow won’t last long. The snow won’t last long.

9. It’s very foggy. It’s very foggy.

10. The fog is beginning to lift. The fog is beginning to lift.

11. It’s thundering and lightening.

12. What’s the weather like today? What’s the weather like today?

13. What’s the weather report for tomorrow? What’s the weather report for tomorrow?

14. It’s quite different from the weather report.

15. It’s rather changeable. The weather is changeable.

16. What’s the temperature? What’s the temperature?

17. It’s two below zero.

18. The temperature has dropped a lot today. The temperature has dropped a lot today.

Explanation by famous teachers:

1. What’s he waiting for? What’s he waiting for?

This sentence contains (1) the composition of the present continuous tense: be + present participle. (2) The verb wait "wait, wait" and its phrase wait for "wait..."

2. Here are some of my photos. These are some of my photos.

Inverted sentence. When here and there are at the beginning of the sentence and the subject is a noun, the sentence needs to be in inverted form. When the subject is a pronoun, here and there are at the beginning of the sentence, and the sentence does not need to be inverted.

3. That sounds good. That sounds good.

Sound "sounds" is a linking verb. Coupling verbs are also called link verbs. They have word meanings in themselves, but they cannot be used as predicates alone. They must be followed by predicates to form a linking structure to explain the status, nature, characteristics, etc. of the subject. When expressing a certain state, it should be followed by an adjective instead of an adverb. Similar words include: seem, look, taste, feel, be, etc.

4. —How’s the weather in Beijing? How’s the weather in Beijing?

—It’s sunny. Sunny.

To ask about the weather, you can say: How’s the weather + location? It can also be said: What’s the weather like + location? Use adjectives when answering: sunny, cloudy, windy, raining(rainy), snowing(snowy), etc.

5. —How’s it going? How is the situation?

—Great. Very good.

How’s it going? is the most commonly used greeting in spoken English. It can also be said: "How is everything going? Is everything going well?" or "Does everything go well? Everything is good?"

6. Thank you for joining CCTV's Around The World show. Welcome to the Center Television's global program.

(1) thank sb. for doing sth. "Thank someone for doing something", for expresses the reason for gratitude.

(2) The original meaning of join is "to join", which means to join a person, organization or group and become one of them.

7. Some are taking photos, others are lying on the beach.

Some...others... means "some..., others...". Some...the others... means "some..., some of the others..." There is a difference in quantitative range between the two.

8. Do you remember Johnny Dean, the rock singer with funny glasses and long hair? Do you remember Johnny Dean? The one with funny glasses and long curly hair rock singer.

The preposition with is a commonly used word in English, indicating attribute and ownership, meaning "having..., holding..., carrying...".

9. He doesn’t have long curly hair. He doesn’t have long curly hair.

(1) The word have in the sentence is used to express characteristics and qualities, meaning "to have..., to have..."

(2) The verb have is often used to "hold" To have, to have, to wear" means.

(3) In British English, there is a tendency to use do to negate the present tense of the verb have.

10. I don’t think he’s so great. I don’t think he’s so great.

A linguistic phenomenon in English appears in this sentence - negative forwarding. When negating compound sentences caused by I think, the main clause must be negated, that is, the negation must be done before think rather than in the subordinate clause.

11. How often do you exercise? How often do you exercise?

How often...? is often used to ask questions about frequency, meaning "how often". The answer is usually Once a week/ Never/ Three times a week/ Sometimes/ Often/ Usually, etc. to express time. Adverbs and phrases of frequency.

12. And it makes a big difference to my grades. Good food and physical exercise help me learn better.

(1) make a difference to... have an impact on...; make the result of... different.

(2) help sb. to do sth.=help sb. do sth. Help someone do something. Sometimes it can be replaced with help sb. with sth. To help someone in some way.