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Unit 4 Learning Efficiently Grammar: the Subjunctive Mood in If-clauses

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张靖霞

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45mins 授课类型

Grammar New Senior English for China Students’ Book 10

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Unit 4 Learning Efficiently Using about Language Grammar: the Subjunctive Mood in If-clauses

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Review the usages of subjunctive mood in if-clauses. 

Get the students to know how to differentiate the three kinds 教学目的

of subjunctive mood in if-clauses and how to omit “if”.

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Raise students’ awareness of grammar learning.

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How to help students correctly understand subjunctive mood 教学重

难点

in if-clauses. 

How to use subjective mood in if-clauses.

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Deductive method, inductive method，explanation and 教学方法

practice 教学手段

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Blackboard, chalks, Multimedia 教学过程

Step1. Lead in

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Listen to a song named “If I were a boy” by Deng Ziqi.

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What is subjunctive mood? Step2. Contrary to the past（与过去事实相反）

Task1. Read the sentences using subjunctive mood and find their common features.

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If you had come yesterday, you would have met him. ★If he hadn't given up then, he would have got worse injured.

★If he hadn't been so determined, he wouldn't have succeeded again. Predicate in if clauses

Task2. Look at pictures and fill in the blanks Predicate in main clauses

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If Jack

(not be) on the Titanic, they

(not fall) in love with each other.

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If you __________after getting drunk, you ______________ a car accident. Task3. Practice and fill in the blanks a. If Tom ________ (be) more careful in the exam, he ________________ (pass) it already. b. If you _______ (get) up earlier, you ________________ (catch) the first train.

c. If I _______ (meet) you yesterday, we ___________ (go) to the concert together. Step3. Contrary to the present（与现在事实相反）

Task1. Read the sentences using subjunctive mood and find their common features. ★

If I had two wings, I would fly high in the sky. ★

If you were a teardrop, I would never cry for fear of losing you.

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If I were the headmaster of our school, I would give you two days a week to get relaxed. Predicate in if clauses

Task2. Look at pictures and make sentences

1._________________________________________________

Predicate in main clauses

2.________________________________________________

Task3. Practice and fill in the blanks

a. If they ____ (be) here, they __________ (take) your advice. b. If the world war _____ (burst) out again, what _____________ (happen) to our people on earth? c. If the policeman ________ (be not) in that room, it ________ (be) very dangerous. Step4. Contrary to the future（与将来事实相反）

Task1. Read the sentences using subjunctive mood and find their common features. ★

If you were to meet with difficulties in the future, would you stick to your goal as Liu Xiang does?

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If it should rain/rained tomorrow, I would stay at home. Predicate in if clauses

Task2. Look at pictures and fill in the blanks and translate. Predicate in main clauses

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If I ______________________the lottery some day, I _____buy a big house for my parents.

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Translate:

如果上天能够给我一个再来一次的机会，我会对那个女孩子说三个字：我爱你。

_______________________________________________________ Task3. Practice and fill in the blanks a. If there ________ (be) no natural resource any more, we ___________ (make) use of nuclear power . b. What ____________ (happen) if you ____________ (get up) too late tomorrow? c. If Robots _____________ (control) the world some day, there ________ (be) no friendship. Step5. Fill in the table about subjunctive mood in if clauses time Predicate in if clauses

Predicate in main clauses

present

past future

Step6. Ellipsis of “if”

Transform the three sentences by omitting “if”

1. If I were you, I would buy the red one. 

_________________________________________________ 2. If he had driven more carefully, he would not have had the car accident yesterday 

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3. If the God should give me another chance, I would tell the girl three words: I love her! 

_________________________________________________ Step7. Group competition Pick up one number and finish the task in it within the limited time, then you can get some points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Step8. Summary and homework 1. Review the Subjunctive Mood in if clauses again. 2. Finish the rest exercises on the learning paper.

Home work: finish the following exercises: 1. The rice ______ if you had been more careful.

A. would not be burning

B. would not burn

C. would not have burnt

D. would not burnt 2. If my lawyer ____ here last Saturday, he ______ me from going.

A. had been ; would have prevented

B. had been ; would prevent

C. were ; would prevent

D. were ; would have prevented 3. I didn’t see your sister at the meeting. If she ______ she would have met my brother.

A. has come

B. did come

C. came

D. had come 4.______ for the free tickets, I would not have gone to the films so often.

A. If it is not

B. Were it not

C. Had it not been

D. If they have not 5. You didn’t let me drive. If we ______ in turn, you ______ so tired.

A. drove ; didn’t get

B. drove ; wouldn’t get

C. were driving ; wouldn’t get

D. had driven ; wouldn’t have got

6. If she had worked harder, she ______.

A. would succeed

B. had succeeded

C. should succeed

D. would have succeed 7. — If he ______, he ______ that food.

— Luckily he was sent to the hospital immediately.

A. was warned ; would not take

B. had been warned ; would not have taken

C. would be warned ; had not taken

D. would have been warned ; had not taken 8. If it ______ tomorrow, they would not go there by bike.

A. will rain

B. rains

C. would rain

D. should rain 9.______ it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Yangpu Bridge.

A. Were

B. Should

10. If I ______ you, I would not do it.

A. am

B. were

C. Would

C. shall be

D. Will

D. being