Mr. William is in the office. → Is Mr. William in the office? → Mr. William is not in the office.

其他连系动词变疑问句或否定句时与实义动词相同。

The language spoken in these places stayed the same .

→Did the language spoken in these places stay the same ?

→The language spoken in these places didn't stay the same .

（二 ）对连系动词之后表语提问

(1) 形容词, 常用"How"提问 如： The book is interesting . → How is the book ?

(2) 名词, 常用"what"提问 如： My father is a teacher . → What is your father ?

(3) 副词、数词、代词、介词短语、分词、动名词都可以作表语，分别表示不同的含义，提问时，要针对性强。如： The professor is at home . → Where is the professor?

　　The computer is mine. → Whose computer is it?

　　 Five and six is eleven. → How much is five and six?　　　

(三) 动名词（短语）跟在连系动词后 如： My job is looking after the children.

(四) 现在分词（短语）跟在连系动词后 如： The film is moving.

(五) 过去分词（短语）跟在连系动词后 如： We were moved by the story.

I. 翻译并比较：

(1) 她的工作是教盲人。Her job is teaching the blind.

(2) 许多妇女站在那里。Many women are standing over there.

(3) 窗户被男孩打开了。窗户是开着的。The window was opened by the boy. The door was open but the window was closed.

(4) 我摸了摸桌子。桌子摸上去很冷。I felt the desk and the desk felt cold.

(5) 请看这幅图。看上去很美。Please look at the picture. It looks nice.

(6) 这听起来是个好主意。 请按铃喊他们进来。

　　It sounds a good idea. Please sound the bell and ask them to come in.

(7) 我在花园里种的植物现在越长越高。

The plant which I grew in my garden is growing higher and higher.

Step 6 Consolidation (Summarize the usage of linking verbs)

1. seem：seem (to be) +表语；seem to have done sth；seem to be doing sth.；seem +从句

2. become：become + noun.；become + adj.；become + v-ed/ing

3. grow：grow + adj.；grow to do sth.；grow into (= become)；

　It's growing colder at night now. I grew to like the dog.

　He has grown into a fine young man.

4. remain：remain + n.；remain + adj.；remain + pron.；remain + v-ed/ing；remain + prep.； remain + to do sth.

Step 7 Exercises on Page 41 in the textbook.

1. Answers to Part A (P41)

18 March

Today I feel worn out. This morning, I took part in a debate about the Internet.