Learning about Language教学设计(第二课时)

Subject–verb Agreement

主

谓

一

致

Teaching Goals:

1. To let Ss learn the grammar Subject-Verb Agreement. 2. To develop Ss’ ability of Summing.

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Homework-checking

1.

Check if Ss have finished the homework assigned yesterday. 2.

Ask some Ss to show the typical sentences they have remembered. Step 2. Grammar Purpose:To let Ss know the usage of Subject-Verb Agreement and use it freely.

1. Explain the usage of Subject-Verb Agreement by giving examples.

一、语法一致

主语为单数形式，谓语动词也用单数形式；

主语为复数形式，谓语动词也用复数形式。

例如：

I often help him and he often helps me.

我经常帮助他，他也经常帮助我。

We often help each other.

我们经常互相帮助。

二、意义一致

主语形式虽为单数，但意义为复数，谓语动词用复数；

主语形式为复数，而意义为单数，谓语动词用单数。如：

The crowd were surrounding the government official.

人群包围了这位政府官员。

Maths is hard to learn.

数学难学。

三、就近原则

就近原则即谓语动词的单复数形式取决于最靠近它的主语。

There is a pen and two pencils on the desk.

桌子上有一支钢笔和两支铅笔。

Choos the best answers 1. On the wall______ two large portraits.

A. hangs

B. hang

2. “News of victories _____ pouring in as

our army advances,” the company commander said.

A. keep

B. kept

C. keeps

D. have kept 3. There _____ a lot of milk in the bottle.

A. are

B. is

C. were

D. has 4. All but one ____ in the accident．

A. was killed

B. were killed

C. will be killed

D. are killed

5. Zhang’s family

____ rather big, with twelve people in all.

A. is

B. are

C. being

D. was 6. Nobody but Jane ____ the secret.

A. know

B. knows

C. have known D. is known 7. When and where to build the new factory _____ yet.

A. is not decided

B. are not decided

C. has not decided

D. have not decided

8. A library with five thousand books____ to the nation as a gift.

A. is offered

B. has offered

C. are offered

D. have offered 9. Not only I but also Jane and Mary ____ tired of having one examination after another．

A. is

B. are

C. am

D. be 10. A woman with some children ____

soon．

A. is coming

B. are coming

C. has come D. have come 11. No one except my parents ____

anything about this.

A. know

B. knows C. is known

D. are known 12. The teacher as well as the students

____ the book already．

A. has read

B. have read C. are reading

D. is reading Choose the correct verb form to complete the following sentences.

1.Our family ___ (is/are) not poor any more.

2. He has to worry. His family ____ (is/are)waiting for him.

3. The class ___ (is/are)

more than forty

in number. 4. The class _____ (have/has) disagreed among themselves about where they

should go and have a picnic.

5.Not only you but also he ____ (is/are) wrong.

6. Neither you nor he ___ (is/are) right.

7. There ___ (is/are) two shops and a cinema beside the railway station.

8. Here ___ (is/are) a map and a handbook

for you.

Step4

Homework

1. Ask Ss to finish the form of Summing Up on P8 and write down what they have learned on the their notebooks.

2. Ask Ss to finish the rest of the exercises of this unit in the Workbook.