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Unit 1 Star signs Grammar(II)$ Check out

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e.g. good kindnice cleverrightcareful rudewisefoolish stupidselfishcareless wrong cruel silly honestgenerous

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for sb. hard/difficult ( ) easy( ) interesting( ) important( ) necessary( ) uninteresting( ) impossible( ) possible( )

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A word game Game rule: Look at the following pictures, find the most suitable adjectives, and make sentences with these two structures to describe them. 1.Its+ adj+of+sb.+to do sth. 2.Sb.+ be + adj+ enough + to do sth. Try your best. Be active!

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generous impatient curious creative selfish energetic 1.Its+ adj+of+sb.+to do sth. 2.Sb.+ be + adj+ enough + to do sth.

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Subject The man is driving too fast. Nobody knows him. A year is divided into 12 star signs.. Traveling in space will be easy.

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Predicate The man is driving too fast. Nobody knows him and talks to him. Neither of us believes the star signs.. Traveling in space will be easy.

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Object You enjoy life. Hobo brought the newspaper to me. My friend lends me his bike. I was born in Zhenjiang. Indirect Object) (Direct Object)

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Adverbial The man is driving too fast. You are selfish at times. There is an apple tree in front of the house. Last night, I couldnt sleep.

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Predicative Traveling in space will be easy. The food tastes good. The flower smells sweet. I felt tired after the long trip.

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Attributive There is an apple tree in front of the house. Amy is an easy-going person. I have something important to say..

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: 1. My cousin swims well. 2. John has few friends. 3. Sandy is a girl. 4. David buys me a watch. 5. Sandy finds Chinese very useful. 6. Suzy can make good friends easily. 7. Would you like to show us a photo of yours? 8. Is Jim a hard-working student in your class? 9. All of them are singing happily. 10. She left her office for home.

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1. She felt very sorry. a. predicative b. adverbial c. direct object 2. That is a useful book. a. predicate b. predicative c. attributive 3. Jacky helped with the charity show. a. predicate b. subject c. adverbial 4. Many people knew about the accident. a. predicate b. object c. attributive

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5. She showed us a new camera. a. indirect object b. subject c. direct object 6. The students consider Mr. Wu the best headmaster. a. object b. subject c. object complement 7. He bought his daughter nice gifts. a. indirect object b. subject c. direct object 8. Do you want your tea black? a.attributive b. object complement c. direct object

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Millie is reading a school newsletter. You do not give up easily. He wanted an apple. Eddie is hungry. I have many friends. The teacher is showing us a picture.

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(6%) He made the plan very _________(careful). He found his friend very _________(excite) He told us the news __________(excite)

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A new chairperson of the Students Union You are confident enough to take this job. You are brave enough to speak in front of many people. = It is confident of you to take this job. = You are so confident that you can take this job = It is brave of you to speak in front of many people. = You are so brave that you can speak in front of many people

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It is kind of you to recommend me as the new chairperson. = You are kind enough to recommend me as the new chairperson = You are so kind that you can recommend me as the new chairperson Its nice of you to say so. = You are nice enough to say so. = You are so nice that you can say so. More exercises

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1. My sister is very kind. She likes to take care of others. ( ) It ______________ take care of others. 2. David is curious. He asks his parents many questions every day. ( ) David is _________________________ his parents many questions every day. 3. Reading English every day is necessary for us. ( ) Its ________________________ English every day. Can you rewrite the sentence?

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4. To learn English is useful to us. ( ) Its ________________________________ English. 5. Millie is very clever. She can work out this difficult problem.( ) ___________________________________________. 6. meaningful, is, help, people, in need, it, to, are, who ___________________________________________.

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More exercises Choose the best word. 1 It is not good ________ (of, for) you to read in the sun. 2 It is typical ________ (of, for) Simon to make such a mess. 3 It is necessary ________ (of, for ) them to support and help each other during the event. 4Its ____ not to listen to your preditions.( ) 5Its ______informal English and formal English. 6He is _______. 7Its kind of the old man to donate money to charities often.( )

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Homework 1. Please do the Guessing Game after class 2.Please write a letter to recommend other student as the new monitor. 3. Please review the whole unit and finish the given exercises.

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What are the star signs? 21 st Jan-19 th Feb 20 th Feb-20 th Mar 21 st Mar-20 th Apr 21 st Apr-21 st May 22 nd May-21 st Jun 22 nd Jun-22 nd Jul Aquarius Pisces Taurus Aries Gemini Cancer

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23 rd Jul-22 nd Aug 23 rd Aug-22 nd Sep 23 rd Sep-22 nd Oct 23 rd Oct-21 st Nov 22 nd Nov-20 th Dec 21 st Dec-20 th Jan Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn

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What is your star sign? What are your characteristics?

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The star sign says To those born in the year of Goat: You will get some money. You will have success at school. You are lucky enough. You will have problems with your health. Can you tell different parts of these sentences?

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Rules: 1.Four students a group, each student tries to use as many adjectives as possible to describe one of them. 2. Other students try to guess who he/ she is describing. 3. And then choose one of each group to report in front of the class, let the whole class guess who he/she is describing. After-class activities A Guessing Game