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B3U2 Making a difference
Period 3 Using language——-ed as attributive
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions. (P22-1)
Activity 1: Look and answer
0,000 people reading my blog! b I love to photograph the rising sun, …
Disappointed by his behaviour, I said all this to my best friend.
Approached in this way, your friendship will soon be repaired.
Q1. What was spoken in sentence (a)?
What was finished in sentence (b)?
Q2. Q2. Why does the author use -ed instead of -ing?
Because “the words” were “spoken” instead of “speaking”, and “the well” was “finished” instead of “ finishing”. The words in bold show passive instead of active actions.
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.
Activity 1: Look and answer
0,000 people reading my blog! b I love to photograph the rising sun, …
a ... Ryan had trouble believing the words spoken by his teacher ...
b In Uganda, Ryan at last saw the finished well with his own.
Q3. What is the difference between the two groups of sentences?
c ... Ryan had trouble believing the words which were spoken by his
teacher ...
d In Uganda, Ryan at last saw the well, which was finished,
with his own eyes.
Group 1
-ed forms used as the attributive
Group 2
attributive clauses
Q4. Why does the author choose to use -ed instead of an adverbial
clause in the reading passage?
The sentences using -ed as attributive are more concise and formal.
Now look for more sentences with -ed as attributive in the reading passage.
What we need was a well dug near their homes.
He also saw hundreds of delighted students who turned out to welcome him.
Many inspired people gave him their support.
This insight grew from the determined attitude of a six-year-old boy...
Review: 过去分词是动词的一种非限定形式,性质上相当于形容词或副词,在句子中可以作表语、定语、宾语补足语和状语,一般表示完成或被动的意思。
过去分词作定语
过去分词作定语的用法如下:
1)单个分词作定语,一般置于被修饰的名词之前,常表示已经完成的动作(或没有一定时间性的动作)。
In Uganda, Ryan at last saw the finished well with his own eyes. 在乌干达,Ryan 终于亲