Book6 Unit1 Art grammar the Subjunctive mood

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

wish,, aggressive, scholar, in the flesh

b. 重点句式

I wish ... were / did ...

If ... were / did ..., ... would / could / should / might do ...

2. Ability goals

Enable the students to use the subjunctive mood correctly in different situations.

3. Learning ability goals

Help the students learn how to use the subjunctive mood.

Teaching important and difficult points

Enable the students to use the correct form of the subjunctive mood.

Teaching methods

Summarizing; comparative method; practising activities.

Teaching aids

A projector and a blackboard.

Teaching procedures & ways

Step ⅠPresentation

At first, give the students an example to present what the subjunctive mood is and in what situations we should use the subjunctive mood. Then, show them the sentence structures of the subjunctive mood.

T: Now please listen to the following example: Suppose I'm a basketball fan, Yao Ming is coming here to play a basketball game this evening. But unfortunately, I haven't got a ticket for it. I feel sorry about that and what should I say in this situation? I will say: I wish I watched the basketball game. / If I had got a ticket, I would go to watch the basketball game. Have you ever heard such kind of sentences?

Ss: Yes. They use the subjunctive mood.

T: Then do you know what is the subjunctive mood and in what situations we should use the

subjunctive mood?

S: The subjunctive mood is used when we want to express a wish, request, recommendation or report of a command.

S: Also, the subjunctive mood is used to express something that is contrary to the fact, highly unlikely or doubtful.

T: Exactly. How can we show our feelings in such situations? We can use the following two sentence structures to express our regretting.

1. Subject + wish + Object Clause

Time Verb Object clause

now wish would do / could do / were / did

past wished had been / done

future wish would do / could do / were / did

2. "If" clause ..., main clause ...