【精品】高中英语（人教大纲）第三册：Unit3 The land down under(第五课时)

he Fifth PeriodThe PredicativeTeaching Aims:1.Review the Predicative to enable the students to understand it clearly.2.Do plenty of exercises to enable the students to master it and use it freely.Teaching Important Point:How to choose the proper form of the Predicative in order to express what we want to say.Teaching Difficult Point:How to choose a proper predicate according to its subject.Teaching Methods:1.Discussion method to let the students have a clear understanding.2.Pair work or group work to make every student engaged in all the activities in class.Teaching Aids:1.a computer2.coursewareTeaching Procedures:Step GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step GrammarT:Now we are going to review the Predicative.Here are some sentences on the screen.Look at the sentences and tell what member of the sentence each underlined part is.Meanwhile,pay attention to their functions and then translate them into Chinese.Discuss them in groups and write down the answers and anything you dont understaned.Discuss the sentences:1.What nationality is he?2.Thats something we have always to keep in mind.3.Tom is the first to learn about it.4.Diamonds are precious.5.The film we saw last Sunday is moving and we were all greatly moved.6.All we can do now is to send him an e-mail.7.He has been away for two weeks.8.Such an article is beyond the understanding of the students.9.Our country is not what it used to be.T:Who will tell us what member of the sentence each underlined part is?Sa:Ill try.They are all predicatives,as they are all after link-verbs.T:Yes.The predicative comes after a link-verb,denoting the state,quality or status,etc. of the subject or,in order words,it serves to characterize the subject.Give their Chinese meaning,please.One student,one sentence.Sb:1.他是哪国人？Sc:2.这是我们应当永远记在脑子里的东西。SD:3.汤姆是第一个知道这件事的人。SE:4.钻石是宝贵的。SF:5.上星期六我们看的电影很动人，我们都很受感动。SG:6.我们现在能做的事情就是给他发个电子邮件。SH:7.他已经外出两周了。SI:8.这样的文章超出了学生的理解范围。SJ:9.我们的祖国已不是过去的样子了。Step PracticeT:Please look at the screen.Here are some exercises for you.Choose a suitable answer for each sentence and give as some reason if you can.Discuss it with your partner or in groups.In a few minutes,Ill ask some students to give us their answers.1.This shirt is too_.(A.littleB.smallC.tiny)2.I felt_ (A.terrible B.terribly) sorry at his words.3.Is your aunt married or_ (A.single B.alone)?4.The little hero looked_ (A.angry B.angrily) at the enemy.5.The cotton felt_ (A.soft B.softly).6.It is_ (A.bad B.badly) of you to act_ (A.bad B.badly).7.He felt a little_ (A.lonely B.alone) when he was _ (A.lonely B.alone).8.The story of the play was_ (A.good B.well) and everybody acted _ (A.good B.well).9.He _ (A.turned B.became) writer.T:Now give us the correct answer,please.One student,one sentence.Sa:1.We should choose B.Sb:2.We should choose “terribly” here.It is not a predicative,but an adverbial,modifying “sorry”.Sc:3.The answer is A.When we express “某人是单身汉”,we say “somebody is single” in English.S d:4.Here we need an adverb,modifying “look at”,so B is needed.S e:5.Here we should use an adjective as the predicative.S f:6.We should choose A and B.The first is the predicative,and for the second we should choose an adverb used as an adverbial.S g:7.We should choose “lonely” for the first blanket,meaning “孤独的”;and choose “alone” for the second,meaning “独自一个”.S h:8.We should choose A and B.Thats to say,we should use “good” as the predicative and “well” as the adverbial.S i:9.Here we should choose “turn”.“Turn writer” has the same meaning as “become a writer”.Step PracticeT:As we all know,the predicate verb must agree with its subject,that is to say,a singular subject takes a single verb,while a plural subject takes a plural verbs.However,sometimes when the subjects are the same,but the predicate verbs are different.Look at the sentences on the screen and choose a suitable verb for each of them.Pair work or group work.Well check the answers in a few minutes.Choose the proper predicate verbs:1.Fifty miles_ (be) not a great distance.2.It_ (be) Mr Li and Mr Wang who did it.3.Her chief anxiety_ (be) her children.4.That he is wrong_ (be) now clear to everybody.5.What we need badly here _ (be) doctors.6.What we need badly here_ (be) food.7.The book will contain what_ (be) considered the best short stories of the time.8.A variety of flowers_ (be) on show.9.My clothes _ (be) wet through and through.10.These two are for you.The rest _ (be) to be sent to your sister.11.The greater part of our mistakes_ (be) made through carelessness.Suggested answers:1.is2.was3.was4.is5.are6.is7.are8.are9.are10.are11.areT:Lets do more exercises so that we can use the Predicative correctly and freely.Look at the screen,please.Choose the best answers:1.She seemed_at the news.A.surprisingB.surpriseC.surprisedD.to surprise2.The meeting is _ next week.A.to heldB.to holdC.to be heldD.to be hold3.Travelling is _,and I am _ in travelling.A.interesting;interestedB.interest;interestingC.interested;interestingD.interesting;interest4.I drove to Zhuhai for the air show last week.Is that_you had a few days off?A.whyB.whenC.whatD.where5.The boy slept the whole afternoon.That was why he didnt feel _ and could not fall that night.A.asleep;sleepyB.sleep;sleepingC.sleeping;asleepD.sleepy;asleep6.Entering the room,he found his fellow workers seemed_something.A.to be discussingB.to discussC.discussedD.be discussing7.Your main task at school is_everything useful but today your main task is _the text.A.to learn;to reciteB.learning;recitingC.to learn;recitingD.learning;to recite8.Look at the river.Its not_it used to be.A.thatB.whatC.whichD.how9.Do let your mother know all the truth.She appears _everything.A.to tellB.to tellingC.to be tellingD.to have been told10.The purpose of this programme is to protect forests _ the environment.A.and improveB.improveC.and imporvingD.to improving1.C2.C3.A4.A5.D6.A7.D8.B9.D10.AStep TestT:Now we shall have a test.Complete the sentences on the screen.Write your answers on a piece of paper and later well check the answers.Complete the following sentences.1.The party turned out_ (开得很成功).2.The machine has gone_ (坏了).3.There is_ (我们不懂的东西).4.The mangager of the company is_ (最后一个离开办公室的人).5.What you must do is _ (在最短时间内掌握英语).6.Her job is_ (养猪).7.When will you be_ (回来)?8.That is_ (违法的).9.Whats troubling me is _ (我做这种工作经验不够).10.Things were not_ (看来的那个样子).Suggested answers:1.a great success2.wrong3.nothing we dont understand4.the last to leave the office5.to master English in the shortest time6.raising pigs7.back8.against the law9.that I dont have much experience in this kind of job/work10.as they seemed to beStep Summary and HomeworkT:In this class,weve reviewed the predicative and done a number of exercises.Do you have anything you dont unders