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Using language I P38-39
新外研选择性必修Book 3
Unit 3 War and peace
Learning objectives
In this class, you will be able to
observe the example sentences to identify and summarize the form and usage of subject-verb agreement when collective nouns serve as subjects;
employ subject-verb agreement to fulfill discourse activities.
Lead-in
Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened...
The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers...
...people were coming together for memorial ceremonies.
Underline the sentences below in the reading passage.
Underline the sentences below in the reading passage.
Read and answer:
a Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened...
b The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers...
c ...people were coming together for memorial ceremonies.
1 In which sentence does the word “enemy” refer to different members? Is
it followed by a singular verb or plural verb?
In sentences (b), the word “enemy” refers to different members. It is
followed by a plural verb.
Presentation
2 In which sentence does the word “enemy” refer to a single unit? Is it followed by a singular verb or plural verb? Do you know any other similar nouns?
In sentences (a), the word “enemy” refers to a single unit. It is followed by a singular verb. Other similar nouns are family, team, class, crowd, government, etc.
Read and answer:
a Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened...
b The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers...
c ...people were coming together for memorial ceremonies.
Presentation
3 Is the word “people” usually followed by a singular verb or plural verb?
Do you know any other similar nouns?
The word “people” is usually followed by a plural verb. Other similar
nouns are police, cattle, etc.
Read and answer:
a Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened...
b The enemy were hiding, ready to attack the Allied soldiers...
c ...people were coming together for memorial ceremonies.
Presentation
Subject-verb agreement
主谓一致(1)
在英语中,句子的谓语动词要与主语在人称和数上保持一致,即主谓一致。
集体名词表示由个体组成的集体,指一群人或某一事物的总称。
当主语为集体名词时,谓语动词的单复数要视情况而定。
集体名词作主语时,谓语的单复数问题
1) 有的集体名词通常表示复数含义,作主语时谓语通常复数形式,比如 police, people,cattle等。例如
The police were after him. 警察在追捕他。
People are beginning to talk about her. 人们开始谈论她。
Cattle feed on grass. 牛以草为食。
The crowd are gone.
群众都散了。
His family are watching TV.
他的家人正在看电视。
2) 有的集体名词通常只用作不可数名词,表示单数意义, 用作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式,比如clothing, poetry, luggage, furniture, machinery, scenery, jewellery, equipment等。例如
Our clothing protects us against the cold.
我们的衣服可以御寒。
All their luggage was stolen.
他们所有的行李都被偷了。
The furniture is convenient to move.
这家具搬起来很方便。
All the machinery in the factory is made in China.
这个工厂里所有的机器都是中国产的。
集体名词作主语时,谓语的单复数问题
3) 有的集体名词作主语时,谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。若视为整体,谓语动词用单数形式; 强调集体中的各个成员时,谓语动词用复数形式, 比如 family, team, class, crowd, government, club, committee, audience, public等。例如
Her family is a large one. 她的家庭是一个大家族。
Her family are all tall. 她的家人都很高。
The team is the best in the league.
这个队是联赛中最好的。
The football team are having baths.
足球队队员们正在洗澡。
集体名词作主语时,谓语的单复数问题
1. Statistics ______(be) his most difficult subject and they are all worried that he won’t pass the test.
2. The Olympic Games _______(be) held every four years.
3. The New York Times _______ (be) first published in the early1860s.
4. Many people say 1, 000 dollars _______(be) a lot of money.
5. The public _____ (be) the best judge because the public always _______(express) their thoughts correctly.
用所给动词的适当形式填空
is
are
was
is
is
express
6. The rich _________ (be) not always happy.
7. Few of his family really _____________(understand) him.
8. Ten weeks __________ (have) passed since the new term began.
9. All means ________ (have) been tried to solve problem.
10. The staff of the company _________ (be) being trained to work more effectively.
用所给动词的适当形式填空
are
understand
has
have
are
Correct any mistakes in these sentences or put a √ in the square brackets if they are correct.
Practice
1 Government troop have put down the uprising. _____
2 The police is after him. ______
3 The military are well-organised and prepared to fight. ______
4 All the machinery in this factory are made in the US. ______
5 The soldiers' uniform look very smart. ______
6 The group was sent to rescue the missing pilot. ______
7 Politics are the study of the ways in which countries are governed. ______
are
√
is
uniforms
√
is
troops
Complete the film review with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Production
Saving Private Ryan is a film directed by Steven Spielberg. The two main characters are Captain John Miller, played by Tom Hanks, and Private James Ryan, played by Matt Damon.
James Ryan is the fourth son in his family to be sent to fight in the Second World War. The enemy ______ (kill) his three brothers. Their heart-broken mother receives the news about all her dead sons on the same day. The US Army _______ (decide) to find Ryan and bring him home. A group of men are sent into the French countryside to try to find the fourth brother. The rescue team ___ (be) led by Captain Miller, a hero and survivor of the Omaha Beach battle.
kills
decides
is
At the beginning of the film, the audience ____ (be) thrown into an incredible sequence of approximately 30 minutes, depicting the landings in Normandy. They see the full horror of war, and the chaos and senseless waste of life.
Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable anti-war film and, also, a story of courage and sacrifice. It's my favourite film and my family ______ (love) watching it, too. The message of the film is simple – we want peace; we don't want war.
are
love
Complete the film review with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Production
Thank you!
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