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Learning Objectives
How to describe other people?
Your families may ask you the question below:
Q: physical feature/ appearance How does your deskmate/headteacher/ English teacher/ Chinese teacher/ Maths teacher, etc. look? Q: personality What do you think of your deskmate/headteacher/ English teacher/ Chinese teacher/ Maths teacher, etc. ？ physical feature/ appearance
average dark good-looking, short fair handsome, pretty, aged tall pale 18-23, pointed ears, medium tanned bright eyes, beard, height moustache, etc. personality/ch arpersonality/character acter
out-going introverted energetic patient
impatient generous mean greedy competitive adventurous polite caring
smart talktive bossy condiderate
personality/character
sensitive independent curious
confident vain easy-going kind shy selfish selfless cruel mischievous considerate empathetic brave daring cunning cold-hearted cheerful honest Vocabulary practice
Skimming: title, photos, first line of each paragraph → main idea.
Scanning: → specific information
Reading
1.Look at the title
The passage is mainly about __________ of families.
2. Read the text very quickly
The text uses __________ tense to describe people.
Reading
T1 specific vocabulary reason inference views and purpose summarizing refernce main idea information attitudes 1, 3, 2 4, 5,
T2 specific vocabulary reason inference views and purpose summarizing refernce main idea information attitudes
3, 6 i, 6iii, 1, 2 6ii, 5 7 4 Reading
T3 specific vocabulary reason inference views and purpose summarizing refernce main idea information attitudes 2 1 4, 5 3 Sentence Structure Noun
Subject
e.g. countable noun Dinosaurs are distinct. e.g. Your idea sounds good. pens, students, schools, etc.
Object uncountable noun e.g. e.g. water, hair, money, etc. We watch movies on together. Toby is making a family photo book. Basic elements of a sentence noun/ pronoun
S (subject) + V (verb) + O (object)(the ricipient of the action)
IO DO Verb verbs of being (seem, become, verbs to be: is/ am/ are was/ were, etc.)
transitive verbs (TV)
action verbs (watch, write, design, etc.) (learn, run, swim, write, etc.) intransitive verbs (ITV) (open, cry, laugh, etc.) The main uses of auxiliary verbs （ helping verbs) serving a grammatical function in a sentence rather than expressing a full, independent meaning. Forming verb tenses I have finished my work.(present perfect)
I had finished my work before she arrived.(past perfect)
Forming the passive voice The report was written by the team.(passive voice)
Expressing modality You should finish your homework before going out. (expresses obligation)
She may arrive late due to the weather. (expresses possibility)
Negation(negative statements) and I don't have time to help you right now. (negation) questions Can you help me with this task? (question)
Emphasis I do enjoy spending time with you. (emphasizes the enjoyment)
Types of sentences
S+ ITV My knee hurts. S + TV + DO They visited the theme park. S + TV + IO + DO Paul lent Mary his book. S+ V+ C James has become more friendly. Practice Read the following simple sentences and find out which pattern each of them follows.
a.S+ ITV b.S+ TV+DO c. S+TV+IO+DO d. S+V+C
1.I love this idea …………………………………………………………………………… (b)
2. Helen has fallen ……………………………………………………………………………( ) 3. John gave me the CD………………………………………………………………………( ) 4. You should understand the reason …………………………………………………………( ) 5. Angela is beautiful. ……………………………………………………………………… ( ) 6. My little brother often asks me strange questions ………………………………………… ( )
