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Unit 3 The world online
Grammar & Usage (I)
Verb-ing forms as attributives, adverbials and object complements
Step 1 Warming up
Organize the following sentences in the right order
1. the Internet, to protect ourselves, learn, when surfing, we should
2. bought a machine, on the Internet, washing, last week, my mother
3. on the smartphone, the boy, playing the computer games, we often see
4.a pair of glasses, the boy, sitting right to him, wears
5. her daughter, the lady, dancing, watched, running the website, at school
When surfing the Internet, we should learn to protect ourselves.
My mother bought a washing machine on the Internet last week.
We often see the boy playing the computer games on the smartphone.
The boy sitting right to him wears a pair of glasses.
The lady running the website watched her daughter dancing at school.
Step 2 Reading general idea
1. Read the short article on page 34 and answer the following questions.
1) Who is a website called JustDance started for?
2) What contents does Fiona introduce on the website?
It was started for all dance lovers.
She introduces various styles of dance, tips for dancing and videos on how to dance, welcomes inspiring stories from dance lovers, discusses all sorts of topics on dancing.
Read the website article on P34 and answer the following question.
Why did Fiona Lin set up the website JustDance?
Because she wanted to introduce more people to dance since she had realized that dance had a very positive effect on her daughter.
Please complete the table in part A.
Verb-ing forms
as attributives
Verb-ing forms
as adverbials
Verb-ing forms
as object complements
a website belonging to all dance lovers
Taking advantage of the site’s great start
she watched her daughter dancing
the lady running the website
inspiring stories
Having achieved such success
She always found dance relaxing.
Working out the rules
The verb-ing form can be used like an adjective or adverb, indicating a(n) (1)