Unit2CrossingLimitsTheFifthPeriodThePredicatereachingAims:1.Reviseoneofthesentenceelements_____thePredicate.2.Doplentyofexercisestoconsolidatewhatwehaverevised.TeachingImportantPoints:1.HowtochoosedifferentverbformswhentheyareusedasthePredicate.2.TheagreementbetweenSubjectandPredicate.3.Howtousethemodalverbs.TeachingDifficultPoints:1.TheuseofverbsusedasthePredicate.2.TheUseofmodalverbs.TeachingMethods:1.Discussiontogeteverystudenttomasterwhattheyhavelearntbefore.2.Pairworkorgroupworktogeteverystudenttobeactiveintheteachingactivities.TeachingAids:1.themultimedia2.theblackboardTeachingprocedures:StepIGreetingsGreetthewholeclassasusual.StepⅡRevisionT:TodaywearegoingtorevisethePredicate,especiallydifferenttypesoftensesandthemodalverbs.Nowlet’sdotheexercises.Lookatthescreenanddiscussthesesentenceswithyourpartner.Thentellusthefunctionsofalltheunderlinedpartsinthesentences.(Showthefollowingonthescreen.)Discussthefollowingsentences:1.HespeaksEnglishwell.2.Hespeakstoorapidly.3.Itisgettingwarmer.4.Thatboy’sfaceturnedred.5.Whydon’tyouputoffthemeeting?6.Hehasworkedherefortwentyyears.7.Ishallplayfootballthisafternoon.8.YoushallhavethebookassoonasIfinishit.9.Theremustbesomethingwrongwiththemachine.(Afterafewminutes)T:Areyouready?(Ss:Yes)Pleasetellusthefunctionofeachoftheunderlinedparts.Ss:TheyareallPredicates.T:Right,pleasetellmewhatcanbeusedasPredicateaccordingto用心爱心专心115号编辑theseexamples.Onestudent,onesentence.S1:Inthefirstsentence,itspredicateisatransitiveverb.S2:ThepredicateofthesecondsentenceS3:Insentence3and4,theyhavethesameverb-----linkverb.Theirpredicatesarealink-verbplusapredicative.S4:Thepredicateofthefifthsentenceifaphrasalverb.S5:Thepredicateofthesixthandtheseventhsentencesarethesame.Theirpredicatesareanauxiliaryverbplusanotionalverb.S6:Thepredicateoftheeighthsentenceandninthsentenceareamodalverbplusanotionalverb.StepⅢPracticeT:Nowlet’sdosomeexercises.Fillintheblankswiththeproperformsoftheverbsinthebrackets.YoushouldpayattentiontothetensesandtheagreementbetweentheSubjectandthePredicate.Discussthemwithyourpartners.Afewminuteslater,I’llcheckyouranswers.(Showthefollowingonthescreen)Fillintheblankswiththeproperverbforms:1.Anironandsteelworks,withsomesmallfactories,________(be)tobebuilthere.2.Everyboyandeverygirl_______(wish)toattendtheeveningparty.3.Thecrew___________(be)ferentpartsoftheship.4.Oneandahalfapples_______(be)leftonthetable.5.TheGermanandtheEnglishlanguage__________(have)somethingincommon.6.Avarietyofquestions___________(be)puttothelecturer.7.Anotherfiveweeks______(be)essaryforustofinishthework.8.Whattheyhavedone_________(be)usefultothepeople.9.Intheroom___________-(be)foundabigtableandagreatmanychairs.(Afewminuteslater.)T:Haveyoufinished?Ss:Yes.T:Pleasegiveusyouranswertoeachsentenceandtellusyourreasonbrieflyifyoucan.Onestudent,onesentence.Anyvolunteers?S7:1.Theanswertothefirstsentenceshouldbe“is”.ThereasonisthattheSubjectis“an…works”and“ironandsteel”areusedastheAttribute,soweshouldchooseasingularverb.S8:2.Thoughthetwosubjectsarejoinedby“and”.theyareeachprecededby“every”.Asingularverbisneededhere.Soweuse“wishes”,amIright?T:Doyouagreewithhim?Ss:Yes.Heisright.S9:3.Hereweuse“Were”asitspredicate.Because“crew”isacollectivenounandshouldtakeapluralverb.用心爱心专心115...