Period 3

用 for 和 since 填空1.They have been learning Chinese _____ they came to China.2. I haven’t seen her _____ a long time.3. He has been living here _____ 2001.4. She has been doing her homework ____ two hours.5. It’s 5 years _____ we left school.6. – How long has Mary been a teacher? – _____ two years ago.

since

forsince

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3b It’s now 2pm. Write the Students’

names from 3a on the time line.

9am 10am 11am 12am 1pm 2pm

Alison Sam

Lu Ning

Li

Chen

Name Sport When started How long

Ye Lan tennis 11 years old Three and a half years

•Section B

1a Would you like to collect any of these

things? Fill in the chart. Add other

things you collect.

I collect I would like

to collect

kites stamps

coins

shells

dolls

envelopes

2a,2b Listening

What How longHow

many

Bob

Marcia

Liam

kites

stuffed animals

theater and movie tickets

since he was ten years old

22

for five years 35

since last year 20

2c PAIRWORK2c PAIRWORK

A: What does Bob collect?

B: He collects kites.

A: How long has he been collecting

kites?

B: He’s been collecting kites since he

was ten years old.

• I’ve been collecting

snow globes for seven

years, and now I have

226 of them.

• Look! My snow globe

3b writing

Dear _____,

I want to tell you about my hobby. I

collect ____. I’ve been collecting them

for four years, and I have 123 of them

now. I collect them because they are

beautiful and interesting.

Linda

kites

I have a kite with the face of Monkey

King, which is a present from China.

And I have some kites like butterflies.

They are just like real animals in the

sky. Every sunny Saturday I’ll go

and fly one of them.

•They bring me so much fun. If you know

anyone else who collects them, please

tell me. I’d like to make friends with them.

• Yours,

• Bob

1. Our class is organizing a talent

show to ______ money for charity.

2. I need extra English lessons. Do

you _____ a good English teacher?

3.My hobby is _________ old coins.

4. I didn’t finish writing my test

because I ___________ time.

5. During the winter I ______ my

summer clothes in bags under my

bed.

raise

know

collecting

ran out of

store