大学英语语法课件PPT 9. Verb and verb phrases.ppt

1、Unit Nine,Verb and verb phrases,I. Checking your understanding,1. The classification of the English verb and verb phrase,2. A survey of tense, aspect, voice and mood,What issues are covered in this unit?,1. Classification of verbs,How many criteria are used in the text to classify English verbs?,1.1

2、 The roles the verb plays in the formation of verb phrase,Main verbs Auxiliary verbs,Primary auxiliaries Modal auxiliaries Semi-auxiliaries,2. Whether the verb can followed by obligatory elements functioning as complementation,Transitive verbs Intransitive verbs Liking verbs,Mono-transitive Di-trans

3、itive Complex-transitive,Main Verbs,3. lexical meaning,Dynamic verbs Stative verbs,durative transitional momentary,Main Verbs,Be, have Be-type, have-type Perception psychological,4. Word formation,single verbs phrasal verbs,Main Verbs,Verb + prep. Verb + adverb particle Verb + adverb particle+ prep.

4、,5. Verb forms,Finite verbs Non-finite verbs,-ing participles -ed participles infinitives,6. Whether the past tense and ed participle forms are predictable or not,regular verbs irregular verbs,7. Whether the first element of the verb phrase is finite or not,Finite verb phrases Nonfinite verb phrases

5、,Verb phrases,2. The four grammatical categories of the English verb phrase,Tense Aspect Voice Mood,Past Present,Perfective Progressive,Active Passive,Indicative Imperative Subjunctive,Notional verb or auxiliary?,I am reading the book. She is my friend. The job has been done. She is being kind today

6、. I have been working here for 10 years. I have no friend here. Id like to have a talk with you.,A,N,A,N,A,N,N,Which is the best choice?,The auxiliary verbs can be used to express the following grammatical meanings except _. tense B. voice C. case D. aspect,C,True of false?,A complex VP cannot take

7、more than one auxiliaries. In a finite VP, we can use only one modal auxiliary which is invariably followed by the bare infinitive form of the main verb.,F,F,Auxiliaries fall into three categories: primary auxiliaries, modal auxiliaries and semi-auxiliaries. There are only three primary auxiliaries

8、in English: they are “be”, “do” and “have”.,T,T,The classification of the verbs into transitive, intransitive and linking verbs is so clear that any verb should only belong to one definite category.,F,Identify the type of the underlined main verb in the following sentences,The food tasted better tha

9、n it looked. Can you taste the difference? Its always best to keep tasting the food while youre cooking it.,Ln.,vt.,vt.,II. Discussion & Extension,1) a. He looked carefully at the picture. b. * He looked carefully up the word.,2) a. He looked at it carefully. b. He looked it up carefully. c. * He lo

10、oked up it carefully.,Why some sentences are unacceptable?,3) a. He is just the guy about whom we were told. b. * He is just the guy out whom we were told to knock.,4) a. It is the hill that he ran up. b. It is up the hill that he ran. c. It is the bill that he ran up. d. * It is up the bill that he

11、 ran.,What does this mean to a dictionary compiler?,1) a. He looked carefully at the picture. b. * He looked carefully up the word.,How many readings can be made out of the following sentence?,He was running down the road.,He decided on that boat.,1. Why did your uncle give up being a taxi driver? 2

12、. Did you hear about the stupid terrorist who tried to blow up a bus? 3. I did may first television show a month ago, and the next day five million sets were sold.,A. He burnt his lips on the exhaust pipe. B. They make it into television. C. He drove all his customers away.,How to distinguish object complement from direct object?,a. Mary made John a good wife. b. Mary made John a good husband.,A structural test,a. Mary made John a good wife. a. Mary made a good w