Unit1Womenofachievement-grammar教案(Subject-verbagreement)AimsTolearnaboutsubject-verbagreementTodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandexpressionsTodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulstructuresProceduresI.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.用心爱心专心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:●stuffinbetweenthesubjectandverb●reversedsentenceorder●"-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.用心爱心专心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.),it...
