1、Using language Unit 3 War and peace目录contentsGrammar IIVVocabulary buildingIIListening&speakingIIIHomeworkIGrammara.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.Grammar:S
2、ubject-verb agreement Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.1.In which sentence does the word“enemy”refer to different members?Is it followed by a singular verb or plural verb?2.In which sentence does the word“enemy”refer to a single unit?Is it followed by a singula
3、r verb or plural verb?Do you know any other similar nouns?3.Is the word“people”usually followed by a singular verb or plural verb?Do you know any other similar nouns?Grammar:Subject-verb agreement Look at the sentences from the reading passage and answer the questions.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement
4、1.In which sentence does the word“enemy”refer to different members?Is it followed by a singular verb or plural verb?In sentence(b),the word“enemy”refers to different members.It is followed by a plural verb.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 2.In which sentence does the word“enemy”refer to a single unit?
5、Is it followed by a singular verb or plural verb?Do you know any other similar nouns?In sentence(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.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 3.Is the word“people”usually foll
6、owed 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.主谓一致的题型考查主语为集体名词时，考查谓语动词单复数的使用情况。主谓语一致主谓语一致Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 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。集体名词作主语时谓语的单复数问题，可以归纳为以下三类：G
7、rammar:Subject-verb agreement 警察在追捕他。The police were after him.人们开始谈论她。People are beginning to talk about her.牛以草为食。Cattle feed on grass.1)有的集体名词通常表示复数含义，作主语时谓语通常用复数形式，比如 police/people/cattle等。例如:Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 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/furn
8、iture/machinery/scenery/jewellery，equipment 等。例如：我们的衣服可以御寒。Our clothing protects us against the cold.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 他们所有的行李都被偷了。All their luggage was stolen.这家具搬起来很方便。The furniture is convenient to move.这个工厂里所有的机器都是中国产的。All the machinery in the factory is made in China.Grammar:Subjec
9、t-verb agreement Her family is a large one.她的家庭是一个大家族。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：Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 她的家人都很高。Her family are all tall.这个队是联赛中最好的。The team is the best in the
10、league.足球队队员们正在洗澡。The football team are having baths.在特定语境下，集体名词作主语时谓语动词用单数形式、复数形式均可，例如:Grammar:Subject-verb agreement 观众对演出甚感激动。The audience was(were)very excited by the show.公众有权知道这篇报告的内容。The public has(have)a right to know what is the report.Now look for more sentences following this rule in the
11、reading passage,and summarise the use of subject-verb agreement in your own words.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement1.Meanwhile,thousands more were journeying across the English Channel to Normandy.thousands more 在这里指的是上文提到的成千上万的士兵，故谓语动词用复数。Grammar:Subject-verb agreement2.Their objective was clear:to re
12、ach the Normandy beaches along about 80 kilometres of French coastline.3.Two were killed;three were injured.4.By the end of August 1944,Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from north-west France.指所有人的共同目标指士兵数量指巴黎整体这个城市1.Government troop have put down the uprising.2.The police is aft
13、er him.3.The military are well-organised and prepared to fight.4.All the machinery in this factory are made in the US.Correct any mistakes in these sentences or put a in the square brackets if they are correct.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement areistroops5.The soldiers uniform look very smart.6.The gro
14、up was sent to rescue the missing pilot.7.Politics are the study of the ways in which countries are governed.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement uniformsisCorrect any mistakes in these sentences or put a in the square brackets if they are correct.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement Complete the film review wi
15、th the correct form of the verbs in brackets.Saving Private Ryan is a film directed by Steven Spielberg.The two maincharacters are Captain John Miller，played by Tom Hanks,and Private James Ryan,played by Matt Damon.Grammar:Subject-verb agreement James Ryan is the fourth son in his family to be sent
16、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 res
17、cue team _(be)led by Captain Miller,a hero and survivor of the Omaha Beach battle.killsdecidesisGrammar:Subject-verb agreement 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
18、war,and the chaos and senseless waste of life.Saving Private Ryan is an unforgettable war film and,also,a story of courage and sacrifice.Its my favourite film and my family _(love)watching it,too.The message of the film is simple we want peace;we dont want war.areloveIVHomeworkHomework1.Summarize the usage of Subject-verb agreement and do the relevant exercises.2.Write an article to your school newspaper about your views about UN peacekeeping.IVthank you
