2023学年完整版Unit1Womenofachievement设计11

Unit1Womenofachievement教学设计(Subject-verbagreement)TeachingAimsTolearnaboutsubject-verbagreementTodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandexpressionsTodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulstructuresTeachingimportant&difficultpoints：DiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandexpressionsDiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulstructuresTeachingPeriods：OneperiodTeachingProceduresI.WarmingupWarmingupbydiscoveringusefulwordsandexpressionsTurntopage4anddoexercises1,2,3and4.Checkyouranswersagainstyourclassmates’.II.Learningaboutgrammar1.ReadingandthinkingTurntopage2andreadthetextofAPROTECTOROFAFRICANWILDLIFE.Asyoureadon,payattentiontotheformsofsentencepredicatesandthesubject-verbagreementshowninthesentences.Forreference:Ourgroupare…,Watchingafamilyofchimpsis…,Nobodybeforehasfullyunderstood…2.Doingexercises1and2onpage5Turntopage5.Lookatthetwosentences:Ourgroupareallgoingtovisitthechimpsintheforest.Andourgroupincludessixboysandfivegirls.Haveyounoticedanydifferencebetweenthem?Yes.Iftheword“group”referstodifferentmembers,useapluralverb.Iftheword“group”isconsideredasawhole,useasingularverb.Nowfillintheblankswiththeproperformofthegivenverbsinbracketsonpage5.AndthengoontodoExercise2onthesamepage,thatis,fillinthecorrectverbformintheletter.III.ReadyusedmaterialsforSubject-verbagreementIgotaholdofsomebadporkchopstheotherday,andtheydidn'tagreewithme.Stomachachesaren'tverypleasant.Don'tyouagree?Weallknowthesemeaningsof"agree,"butwhenwetalkaboutsubject-verbagreement,we'retalkingaboutsomethingdifferent:matchingsubjectsandverbsaccordingtonumber.Thatis,whenyouhaveasingularsubject,youhavetomatchitwithasingularverbform:Theboyplays.Whenyouhaveapluralsubject,youmusthaveapluralverbform:Theboysplay.Inshort,simplesentences,youshouldhavenoproblemwithagreement.Youcanheartheproblem:Theboysplays.Whenit'swrong,itjustsoundsfunny.However,therearefourpotentialproblemspotsthatyouneedtowatchcarefully:stuffinbetweenthesubjectandverbreversedsentenceorder"-body,""-one,"and"-thing"words"who,""which,"and"that"StuffinbetweensubjectsandverbsThestuffhereisusuallyaprepositionalphrasethatseparatesthesubjectfromtheverb.Rememberhowwecrossedoutprepositionalphrasesinordertofindthesubject?Dothesamethingifyou'rehavingproblemswithagreement.Now,lookatthefollowingsentenceanddecidewhat'swrongwithit:Thedishesinthekitchenisdirty.Goodguess!Thesubjectandtheverbdon'tagree.What'stheprobablecausefortheproblem?Kitchen(asingularnoun)isrightinfrontofis(asingularverb).Ifkitchenwerethesubject,thatwouldbeokay.But,it'snot.Crossouttheprepositionalphraseandyou'releftwith:Thedishesinthekitchenisdirty."Thedishes...isdirty?"soundswrong,doesn'tit?Thesubjectisplural,buttheverbissingular.Theydon'tagree.Thecorrectversionis:Thedishesinthekitchenaredirty.Onceyouknowhowtolookforthisproblem,itshouldn'tbetoohardtogetridofitwhenyouproofreadyourpaper.ReversedsentenceorderThenormalpatternforEnglishsentencesissubject-verb.However,thereareafewsituationswherethisorderisreversed(likethissentence):Therearesnacksonthelaundry-roomtable.Wherearethey?Onthetablearethegoodies!Seehowthesubjectcomesaftertheverbineachofthese?Ifyoucanrememberhowtolocatesubjectsandverbs,youshouldn'tblunderintomistakeswhenwritingreversed-ordersentences."-body,""-one,"and"-thing"wordsThecorrecttermforthesewordsisindefinitepronouns,butifyourememberthemas"-body,""-one,"and"-thing"words,you'llprobablybeabletospotthemmoreeasily.Youonlyneedtoknowonething:ifawordhasoneoftheseendings(likeeverybody,everyone,anyone,anything,etc.),itisalwayssingular!Youcanalsoincludeeach,either,andneitherinthisgroup.Lookatthefollowing:Everyoneisgoingonapicnic.Eachoftheboysistakinghisownlunch.Ifanyonedropssomethingtoeat,I'llgrabitbeforehecanpickitup.Youshouldn'thaveproblemswiththeseifyousimplymemorizetheendingsofwordsthatarealwayssingular.NOTE:Wesaidthateitherandneitherarealwayssingular;however,ifyouhavetwosubjectsinaneither...ororneither...norconstruction,gettingtheagreementrightmaygiveyoufits.Togetitright,justlocatethesubjectclosesttotheverbandmaketheverbagreewithit:EitherthemailmanortheconstructionworkersarecausingPeggytobarklikecrazy.Neitherthedogsdownthestreetnortheonenextdoorpaysanyattention.Comparethiswiththefollowing:EithertheconstructionworkersorthemailmaniscausingPeggytobarklikecrazy.Neithertheonenextdoornorthedogsdownthestreetpayanyattention.Agreement,inthiscase,dependsontheplacementofthesubject."Who,""which,"and"that"Rememberdependentclauses?Theyhaveasubjectandaverb,buttheycan'tstandalone.That'swhatwe'redealingwithhere,butwithalittlesomethingextra.Nowwe'vegottoconsiderpronouns.Apronounisawordthattakestheplaceofanounthatcomesbeforeit,usuallyinthesameclauseoroneveryclosetoit.Peggyisatroublemaker.Shebitesmyearsandstealsmyfood."Who,""which,"and"that"arepronouns.Whentheytaketheplaceofasingularnoun,theyaresingular;whentheytaketheplaceofapluralnoun,theyareplural.Thisisimportanttorememberwhentheyarethesubjectofaclause.Comparethefollowingsentences:BigDogisoneofthoseanimalswhoareveryintelligent.BigDogisananimalwhoisveryintelligent.Inboth,whoisthesubjectofadependentclause.Innumber1,ittakestheplaceofanimals(apluralform).Tha