Unit17GreatwomenTheFifthPeriodSubject-VerbAgreementTeachingAims:1.Reviewthegrammaritem:Subject-VerbAgreement.2.SumupsomespecialrulesofSubject-VerbAgreement.TeachingImportantPoints:1.EnablethestudentstomastersomespecialrulesofSubject-VerbAgreement.2.Helpthestudentsconsolidatetheformoftheverbthatthecollectivenounshouldtake.TeachingDifficultPoints:1.Theformoftheverbthattwosubjectsjoinedby“and”shouldtake.2.Theformoftheverbthatthecollectivenoun(family,team,class,group,company,government,…)shouldtake.TeachingMethods:review,explanation,inductivemethodsTeachingAids:1.aprojectorandsomeslides2.theblackboardTeachingProcedures:StepⅠ.GreetingsGreetthewholeclassasusual.StepⅡ.Revision(Teacherletsthestudentslookatsomesentencesonthescreenandasksthemifthesentencesaretrueorfalse.Ifthesentenceisfalse,askthemtocorrectitaccordingtotherulesofSubject-VerbAgreement.)T:Pleaselookatthescreen.Tellmewhetherthesentencesaretrueorfalse.Ifthey'refalse,pleasecorrectthem.(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)1.Thenewsareveryexcitingtoeveryoneofus.2.Thepoliceissearchingforthelostboy.3.Nobodyknowwhoisgoingtowininthecompetition.4.Thearmyhasrescuedthetravellers.5.Hisphysicsisweakerthanothers.T:Whocantellmewhetherthefirstsentenceistrueorfalse?Anyvolunteers?S1:Letmetry.Thesentenceisfalse.Here“are”shouldbereplacedby“is”.Becausethesubject“thenews”isanuncountablenoun.T:Verygood.Whataboutthesecondsentence?(Teacherasksanotherstudenttoanswer.)S2:Ithinkitiswrong.Wecan'tuse“is”inthissentence.Weshoulduse“are”,Ithink.ButIdon'tknowwhy.T:Whatyouansweredisright.Now,I'lltellyouthereason.Because“police”isacollectivenoun.Suchcollectivenounsas“people”“police”“cattle”andsoonhavenopluralformsbutshouldtakeapluralverb.Areyouclear?用心爱心专心S2:Yes.T:Now,let'slookatthethirdsentence.Whocantry?S3:Icantry.Thissentenceiswrong.“know”shouldbereplacedby“knows”.Becausethesubject“nobody”isanindefinitepronoun.T:Right.Sitdown,please.Thefourthone.Whocantellmewhetheritisrightorwrong?WangXin,please.S4:Ithinkitisright.T:Isheranswerrightorwrong?Ss:Wrong.Becauseinthissentence,thenoun“thearmy”referstotheindividualmemberoftheunit.Weshoulduseapluralverb.Weshouldnotuse“has”but“have”.T:Quiteright.Nowlookatthelastsentence,please.Let'sdoittogether.Ss:It'sright.(Bb:Writethesecorrectsentencesontheblackboard.)T:Verygood.Itisimportantforustousethesingularorpluralformoftheverbcorrectly.Generallyspeaking,singularnounsareusedwithsingularverbs.Pluralnounsareusedwithpluralverbs.ButtherearesomeSpecialRulesofagreementbetweenSubjectandPredicatethatwemustpayattentionto.StepⅢ.SummaryoftheSpecialRulesofSubject-VerbAgreementT:Now,let'ssumupsomespecialrulesofSubject-VerbAgreement.Pleaselookatthescreen.(Teachershowssomespecialrulesandsomeexamplesonthescreen.Andgivesomeexplanations.)Ⅰ.Thefollowingcanusuallybeusedwithpluralverbs.1.Twoormoresingularsubjectsjoinedby“and”.“both…and…”usuallytakeapluralverb.e.g.Myfatherandmotherareawayonbusiness.BothriceandwheataregrowninthispartofChina.Note:1)Twosingularsubjectsjoinedby“and”butdenotingonepersonorthingorideashouldbeusedwithasingularverb.e.g.Timeandtidewaitsfornoman.Breadandbutterisservedforbreakfast.Thefollowingphrasesareusuallyusedwithasingularverb.aknifeandforksaltandwaterahorseandcartcoffeeandmilkaneedleandthreadironandsteelawatchandchaintimeandtide2)Twoormoresingularsubjectsjoinedby“and...
