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Unit 1 Lights, camera, action!
Grammar (I)
Subject-verb agreement
What is the movie about?
Please read the film introduction of part A on page 6 and answer the following questions.
1. What’s the main idea of the film?
2. What’s the biggest difference between the old film and the new one?
What’ the main idea of the film?
2. What’s the biggest difference between the old film and the new one?
New film uses much more advanced technology—not only the animals but also the jungle is digitally created.
The film describes the story of Mowgli. Mowgli and his animal friends live happily in the jungle until one day Shere Khan the tiger returns.
its film team members were
Mowgli and his animal friends live
Subject + Singular verb
Subject + Plural verb
Please complete the table in part A.
Everyone was
its old age shows
The new film uses
not only the animals but also the jungle is
Building the jungle environment on the computer was
The Jungle Book lasts
there is enough tension and humor
Two hours seems
Working out the rules
●Subject-verb agreement means choosing the correct singular or plural verb according to the (1) __________.
●The verb should be singular if the subject is (2)_____________; the verb should be plural if the subject is (3) ___________.
a a singular noun f a phrase of two or more words linked by and,
b a plural noun referring to two or more objects or people
c an uncountable noun g a pronoun like everyone
d a book / film title h a phrase of measurement like two hours
e a verb-ing form
subject
a, c, d, e, g, h
b, f
Task: Read Page9 on KKL (2) and underline key points of Subject-verb agreement.
S-V
agreement
Grammatical agreement
Principle of
proximity
Type 1
Notional agreement
Type 2
Type 3
语法一致
就近一致
意义一致
Grammatical agreement
Type 1
语法一致:句子的主语和谓语在语法形式上一致。即谓语的单复数形式由主语的单复数而定。
1. 什么样的主语为单数形式?
2. 什么样的主语为复数形式?
Practice
1. Mowgli and his animal friends _________ (live) happily in th