3. I don't have a partner to practise Eng­lish with.

Maybe you should join an English club.

Structure

verb + by with gerund

Period　 1 Teaching procedures: Step 1　 Leading in

Welcome the students back to school and ask them if they had a good time during the summer holidays. Invite different students to describe what they did in the summer vacation.

Step 2　 Activity la

Read the list of ways of studying to the class. Please check the ways you usually study for an English test. Then discuss which are the most popular and least popular ways of studying.

Say, now please add other ways you use sometimes. Invite several students to read their ways to the class.

Sample answers

2. Have you ever studied with a group?

Yes, I have. I've learned a lot that way.

1. How do you study for tests?

Well, I study by working with my classmates.

3. Why don't you... ?

Target Language

2. What about... ?

6.(　　 )Tom studies English by _______ vocabulary list.

　　　 A making　 B make　 C made　 D　 to make

5.(　　 )Mary studies English _______ reading the books.

　　　 A to　　　 B　 by　 C　 with　 D　 in

4.(　　 ) How do you study ____ a test?

　　　 A　 to　　 B. for　　 C of　 D in

3.(　　 ) She said that the best way __new words was ___English magazines.

　　　 A. to learn, to reading　 B. to learn, by reading

C. of learning, read　　　 D. of learning, read

2.(　　 ) Can you think of another way ___the problem?

　　　 A. of working out　　 B. to working out C. by working out　 D. work out