Unit 2 Fit for life

Grammar and usage

Teaching aims:

1. After learning Linking verbs, the students will know about some basic information about linking verbs (words used as linking verbs; function of linking verbs; predicative after linking verbs);

2. After learning Linking verbs, the students will be able to summarize usages of common and important linking verbs;

3. After learning Linking verbs, the students will apply what they've learned about linking verbs.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in (PPT4)

Q: What is a linking verb?

A: A linking verb is a word used to connect the subject of a sentence to further information about the state which the subject is in.

Step 2 Introduction (PPT5)

Point out the linking verbs

1. I am Zhu Zhenfei.

2. Surfing the Internet is really interesting.

3. We are now in need of English teachers.

4. The question is how to solve the problem.

5. What we want to know is who will give us the lecture next Monday.

6. Your suggestion sounds reasonable.

7. It seems that everyone here knows him quite well.

8. Milk goes bad easily in summer if you do not put it in the fridge.

Step 3 Presentation (PPT6-13)

　　连系动词（即系动词）用于连接主语和表语，说明主语的状态、性质、特征或身份。常见的系动词是be（am/is/are）。 除了be动词之外还有一些，它们大致可分为四类：appear， seem;look，sound，feel，taste，smell; become，come，get，grow，turn，fall，go; keep，remain， stay,stand,prove

1. appear、seem表示"似乎"

1) She appears/seems all right.

2) Children appear/seem in favour of the Internet.