Unit 2 Fit for life Word power Hospital and medicine 课件（23张PPT）

(共23张PPT)
Unit 2
Grammar and usage
Linking verbs

To find out what verbs can be used as linking verbs.

Objectives
The cake delicious.
tastes/is
Fill in the blanks.
Lead- in
He /is very handsome.
looks
She has asleep.
fallen
The music ________ so nice.
sounds
Linking verbs
A linking verb is a word used to connect the subject of a sentence to further information about its state.
The most common linking verb is be.
( be/ am/ is/ are/ was/ were/ been)
e.g. The information is true and accurate.


subject
state
1. I am Lucy.
2. Your suggestion sounds reasonable.
3. It seems that everyone knows him well.
4. Leaves turn green in spring.
5. It remained rainy for days.
6. His plan turned out (to be) a success.
am
Point out the linking verbs.
seems

sounds
turn
remained
turned out
Linking verbs
1.“状态”类：be (am/ is/ are/ was/ were/ been)
2.“感官”类：look, sound, feel, smell, taste
3.“表象”类：seem, appear
4.“持续”类：remain, keep, stay
5.“变化”类：become, get, turn, grow, fall, come, go
6.“终止”类：prove, turn out
They remained silent about the whole thing.
He became a teacher after graduating from college.
The article is about using medicine to help people.

adjective

noun

prepositional phrase
表语(predicative)
1. I am a student.
2. He looks young.
3. It is boring.
4. She feels excited .
5. She is eight.
6. It is me.
a student
Point out the predicative.
boring

young
excited
eight
me
7. We are here .
8. He is at home .
9. My hobby is reading .
10. My dream is to go to university .
11. The truth is that he is honest .
here
Point out the predicative.
reading

at home
to go to university
that he is honest
总结：表语由名词、形容词、现在分词、过去分词、数词、代词、副词、介词短语、动名词、不定式、表语从句充当。
哪些形式可充当表语？
Exercises Finish Part A on page 25.













Exercises
Part B Choose a proper linking verb to fill in each blank.
1. Despite the rising costs of many products, bus fares in this city _______ unchanged.
2. Mike ________ annoyed on the phone, but I really had no idea what was wrong.
3. I can’t wait to taste the food. It _______ so good!


remain
sounded
proved smells appear remain go sounded
smells
Exercises
4. She did her best to _______ more confident, though she was feeling very nervous.
5. If I were to stay home all day and worry about all this, I would _____ crazy.
6. My brother took the pills for only three days before he fully recovered, so the medicine _______ very effective.

appear
go
proved
2. (改错）I felt happily that their life had improved.
(2018全国卷Ι)
1. （填空）Just be (patience). (2014全国卷Ι)
3. (改错） It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proves extremely popular with the public. (2017全国卷ΙΙ)
高考链接
patient
happy
proved
2. In March, the weather ______________.（依然很冷）
1. The flower ____________________ .（闻起来很香）
3. Though she is in her 50s, she_____________________.
(显得年轻)
4. The book has __________________________.
(证明非常成功)
Translation
smells very sweet
remains cold
proved very successful
appears young
Summary



List the linking words you know.
Linking verbs
1.“状态”类：be (am/ is/ are/ was/ were/ been)
2.“感官”类：look, sound, feel, smell, taste
3.“表象”类：seem, appear
4.“持续”类：remain, keep, stay
5.“变化”类：become, get, turn, grow, fall, come, go
6.“终止”类：prove, turn out
Brainstorming



Write as many sentences containing linking words as possible.
Review the linking verbs.
2. Do the exercises Part C1 and C2 on P109.
3. Collect more sentences with linking verbs.
Homework
Thank you！