課程內(nèi)容
Unit 1《Friends》(3)
Grammar A: Describing things or people with adjective
Describing people's appearance
thin strong fat
A: What is he/she like?
B: He/She is ....
Work in pairs
small eyes big eyes
A: She has small eyes.
B: Her eyes are small.
A: She has big eyes.
B: Her eyes are big.
round face square face
A: He has a square face.
B: His face is square.
A: He has a round face.
B: His face is round.
Choose right adjectives to describe the girl's appearance.
tall big lovely round long
Nancy is a very ______ girl. She is not very ______. Her hair is ______. She has a ______ face and ______ eyes.
The use of adjectives
Do you know how to describe someone or something with adjectives?
We use adjectives to describe sb/sth. We can put an adjective before a noun(名詞前) or after a linking verb(系動(dòng)詞后).
She has long hair.(名詞前)
Her hair is long.(系動(dòng)詞后)
The cat is lazy.
This is a lazy cat.
1. The girl is lovely.
She is a ______ ______.
2. She has yellow hair.
Her hair ______ ______.
3. A lazy cat is sleeping on the sofa.
The cat ______ ______.
形容詞在句中的位置
She is a lovely girl.
She has short hair.
A lazy cat is sleeping on the sofa.
The girl is lovely.
Her hair is short.
The cat is lazy.
Do you know any more linking verbs?
be become feel
get grow keep
look seem smell
sound taste turn
We can also use adjectives after these linking verbs.
Can you make sentences using these linking verbs with adjectives?
Linking verbs Adjectives
be become nice great
feel get tired green
grow keep healthy sad
look seem happy strong
smell sound angry ...
taste turn
e.g. I feel tired today.
It sounds great.
Rewrite the following sentences
1. He is a strong man.
=The man is strong.
2. Tom's hair is long.
=Tom has long hair.
3. He has small eyes.
=His eyes are small.
4. This book is interesting.
=This is an interesting book.
Help Daniel complete sentences.
1. short/Millie/hair/has
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2. wears/Sandy/glasses/round
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3. is/funny/Amy/and cheerful
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4. like/Millie/not/hair/does/long
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5. is/Sandy/hair/tall/long/and has
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6. never/or unhappy/feels/Amy/bored
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7. happy/looks/today/Millie/very
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8. boy/an/Daniel/interesting/is
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Grammar B: Comparatives and superlatives
Yao Ming is taller than Liu Xiang is.
Liu Xiang is taller than Mike is.
Mike is the shortest of all.
Yao Ming is the tallest of all.
Lily's cake is big.
Han Mei's cake is bigger than Lily's.
Jim's cake is the biggest of all.
Li Lei's box is heavy.
Han Mei's box is heavier than Li Lei's.
Jim's box is the heaviest of all.
Mike is very young.
Jim is younger than Mike.
Tom is the youngest of the three.
This plane is high in the sky.
This plane is higher.
This plane is the highest of all.
Jack is fast.
David is faster than Jack.
Tim is the fastest of all.
Amy is very beautiful.
Linda is more beautiful than Amy.
Helen is the most beautiful of all.
Practice in pairs or groups
Talk about yourself
A: I am ....
B: I am ... than you.
C: I am the ... of all.
Talk about your classmates, your teachers or your class
A: Sb is ....
B: ... is ... than him/her.
C: ... is the ... of all.
Conclusion
1. We use comparatives to compare two people or things.
2. We use superlatives to compare three or more people or things.
3. We add 'the' before the superlatives.
形容詞的比較級(jí)(Comparative)和最高級(jí)(Superlative)
構(gòu)成方法 | 原級(jí) | 比較級(jí) | 最高級(jí) |
一般在詞尾加-er或-est | fast long tall cheap |
faster longer taller cheaper |
fastest longest tallest cheapest |
以字母e結(jié)尾的形容詞,加-r或-st | nice safe late fine |
nicer safer later finer |
nicest safest latest finest |
雙寫輔音字母,在加-er或-est | big hot thin slim |
bigger hotter thinner slimmer |
biggest hottest thinnest slimmest |
以輔音字母+y結(jié)尾的雙音節(jié)詞,先改y為i,再加-er或-est | easy happy heavy pretty |
easier happier heavier prettier |
easiest happiest heaviest prettiest |
其他雙音節(jié)詞和多音節(jié)詞在前面加more或most | beautiful important dangerous frightened |
more beautiful more important more dangerous more frightened |
most beautiful most important most dangerous most frightened |
不規(guī)則變法 | good/well bad/badly many/much little far old |
better worse more less farther/further older/elder |
best worst most least farthest/furthest oldest/eldest |
adjective | comparative | superlative |
funny | ||
happy | ||
interesting | ||
large | ||
smart | ||
thin |
1. Simon is ________(tall) Kitty.
2. Peter is ________(tall) student of the six students.
3. Sandy is ________(heavy) Millie.
4. Peter is ________(heavy) student of the six students.
5. Millie is ________(slow) swimmer of the six students.
6. Amy is ________(fast) swimmer of the six students.
7. Millie's drawing is ________(beautiful) Simon's.
8. Sandy's drawing is ________(beautiful) in the drawing competition.
9. Millie's Engjish is ________(good) Amy's. Millie's English is ________(good).
10. Simon is ________(short) Peter.
11. Amy and Kitty are ________(light) students among the six students.
12. Peter's English is ________(bad) among the six students.
Fill in the blanks
1、格林先生是這四個(gè)人當(dāng)中最高最胖的。
Mr Green is ______ and ______ one ______ the four.
2、小香蕉往往比大香蕉好。
Small bananas are often ______ ______ big ones.
3、我的鉛筆比你的短。
My pencil is ______ yours.
4、在中國,哪一條河最長?
Which river is ______ in China?
5、他的觀點(diǎn)比我的新。
His idea is ______ than ______.
Writing
生活中你一定會(huì)在你自己、父母、家庭、朋友、班級(jí)、家鄉(xiāng)等方面與他人做過比較后覺得無比幸福、快樂和喜歡。請(qǐng)你就其中的某方面用英語寫出你的所感所想。