(共23张PPT)
Unit 3
War and peace
Grammar
Subject-verb agreement(1)
新教材
Learning objectives
>To find and summarise the use of collective nouns as
subjects
>To use subject-verb agreement to complete some
exercises
>To write a short review of a film you have seen on the
theme of war
新教材
Look at the sentences from the reading passage and
answer the questions.
a 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.
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.
新数材
a
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.
2 In which sentence does the word "enemy"refer to a single unit
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.