Welcome to my class

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Welcome to my class
Grade Eight Shen Xiaoyun
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Adverbial phrases for the past
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Pair work
1. A Did you watch TV last night? B Yes, I
did. I watched TV last night. 2. A Did you watch
TV last night? B No, I didnt. I didnt
watch TV last night. A What did you do
then? B I read some books.
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Read Pauls diary and tell what he did in June
. Suppose it is 30 June now.
1 2 June move to our new flat
Today
twenty days ago
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• 15 June
• my birthday today

His birthday was _______________ago.
fifteen days

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• 23 June
• visit the museum

He visited the museum seven days .
___________________________ago.
Last .
Sunday
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• 28 June
• help two tourists

He helped two tourists two days ago.
He helped two tourists last Friday.
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Adverbial phrases for the past
two days ago
a period of time
last Friday
/
We do not use any prepositions
yesterday
1130 a.m.
at
clock time, a certain time
noon
2002
in
year, month,season, part of a day
September
the morning
September 10
Teachers Day
a date, a day
on
Monday
10
yesterday afternoon
800
night
August 1
Christmas
spring
this morning
Monday evening
a rainy night
the morning of March 8
last year
1998
National Day
the evening
August
the day before yesterday
on
/
at
in
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Correct each sentence with a mistake.

• 1.We went to Hong Kong in this winter.
• 2.We went for an outing in a sunny morning.
• 3.I met Ann in the morning of 12 May.
• 4.Last afternoon, they bought a new flat.
• 5.All the people enjoyed themselves on Christmas.
• 6.I this morning arrived at school early.

on
on
Yesterday afternoon
at
1 2 3
This morning I
Tips
at is also used for two or three days.
We say yesterday morning/afternoon/evening
instead of last morning/afternoon/evening.
Adverbial phrases can go after or before the main
clause.
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Read the story and fill in the blanks with proper
words.
O____the afternoon of May 12,2008, when Liao
Zhi(??) was playing with her 10-month-old
daughter at home, the building b_______ to shake.
I c______ my daughter in my arm and wanted to
go downstairs. But when my mother-in-law(??)
o_______ the door, the building collapsed (?? )in
a flash.
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arried
egan
pened
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• Liao was saved o____ the night of May 13, but her
  mother-in-law and her baby daughter d____. Whats
  worse, Liaos calves(??) were seriously hurt in
  the earthquake and her legs h___ to be cut off at
  the knee.
• What does this mean to a dancer? At first I
  t_____ I wouldnt be able to dance anymore, and
  my life w____ become very hard, Liao said. But
  when I saw that my family and friends c____ so
  much about me, I d_____ not to let them
  disappointed . She first learned to turn over
  in bed without help, and later, when she felt
  better, she began practising dancing on the bed.

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ad
hought
ould
ared
ecided
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• Liao p___ on artificial limbs( ??) i____autumn.
  She s____ and said to her mother, Tomorrow I
  will be able to walk, and before long, I will
  dance again .
• The ruthless earthquake has taken away a lot of
  things, but I could never take away the hope of
  life.
• Now Liao can dance.
• Lets bless her forever.

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ut
miled
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1. When did the earthquake happened? 2.When was
Liao Zhi saved? 3.Did many people care about
her? 4.What do you think of her?
On the afternoon of May 12,2008
On the night of May 13
Yes, they did.
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Life is different because of you.
Choose five adverbial phrases of the ten, and
write a story.
Last month, in 2008, on a day, at oclock, in
the morning,
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Homework

• Workbook 8A, pages 26 and 27.
• Write an article with five of the adverbial
  phrases .

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