资料简介
Unit2 Grammar and usage
Teaching Aims
Introduce the ellipsis.
Teaching Important Points
The basic usage of the ellipsis and learn to use it in different situations.
Teaching Difficult Points
How to help the students learn when to use ellipsis and how to use it correctly.
Teaching Methods
1．Teaching and practicing.
2．Individual or pair work.
Teaching Aids
Multimedia.
Teaching Procedures
Step1 Introduction to ellipsis
Ellipsis means leaving out words of a sentence when the meaning can still be understood.
Ellipsis is used when you do not want to repeat words or phrases that are obvious. You’re to learn
when to use ellipsis and how to use it correctly.
Step 2 Presentation
Sentences on the blackboard
— How is your cousin today?
—(She is )Much better.
(You) Open the window, please!
(It) Sounds fine to me.
(It is a ) Pity our teacher couldn’t come.
(Is there) Anything wrong?
(Have you) Found your pencil?
Read these sentences and point put the words that have been left out in each sentence.
Step 3: Instructions
1．Go over Part 1& Part 2
Ellipsis is often used in imperative sentences, in short responses, in infinitive phrases and in
informal English. Ellipsis is also used after hence, some prepositions or than. You should pay
attention to the case in which ellipsis is used when two clauses with the same pattern and the same
verb are used in a sentence.
Read the examples in Point 2and get to know that in some special styles, words are left out just
to save space and time. When it comes to signs and labels, newspaper headlines, instructions,
postcards, diaries and notes, ellipsis is often used.
2．More examples
Step 4 Practices
1．Read Part A carefully and find out the words that can be left out.
Answers:
Singer: It was a real privilege for me to be cast. It had always been one of my strongest desires
to have a part in Turandot.
Jane: How were you hired for the job?
Singer: Well, I’m a musical performer…One day, saw a poster that the production company’s
Personnel Department had put up saying that they were looking for singers. I applied for the job, and
they sent me an invitation to try out for a part in the chorus.
Jane: Was it difficult to try out?
Singer: Yes, it was difficult…
…
Singer: The best part was visiting Beijing because the performance was staged in the Forbidden
City.
…
Singer: Yes, I would like to visit Beijing again.
Jane: Well, it’s been fun talking to you. I thank you for your time.
2．Read the instructions in Part B and finish the part individually.
Answers:
1b 2c 3a 4d 5e
1) Bob James, the pop star dies of drug abusing.
2) This is the door to the stage.
3) The performance last night was not as good as usual.
4) Please handle this with care.
5) Turandot is really a wonderful performance, and the setting is fantastic too.
3．Do Part C1and C2 of the Workbook. After doing the two exercises, they will know more
clearly how to use ellipsis correctly.
Step 5 Exercises
1．— Are there any English story books for us students in the library?
— There are only a few, ___________.
A．if any B．if there C．if some D．if has
2．— Would you like to go with us?
— Yes, _____________.
A．I'd B．I'd like C．I'd like to D．I'd like to do
3．— Would you like to have a try once again?
— ________________.
A．Yes, I like B．No, I don’t like it
C．Yes, I want very much D．Yes, I’d like to
4．— What do you think made Mary so upset?
— ___________ her bicycle.
A．As she lost B．Lost C．Losing D．Because of losing
5．— When did they get down to the job?
— _______________.
A．Until they left B．Till they arrived
C．Since they finished it D．Not until they turned to me
6．— Are you angry?
— Yes. He should at least answer when _____________.
A．speaking B．spoken to C．spoken D．speaking to
7．Be careful while _________ the street.
A．to cross B．crossing C．he crosses D．being cross
8．_______ us for a dinner, don’t you?
A．Don’t you join B．Join C．Have to join D．Let’s join
9．I promise we’ll be there at 6, _________.
A．rainy or shine B．rains or shining
C．rain or shine D．rain or shining
10．In the car accident the child was hurt, but ___________.
A．the mother is killed B．the mother killed
C．the mother being killed D．the mother has killed
11．__________ I don’t remember where I met him.
A．Fact is which B．what the fact is that
C．The fact is what D．Fact is
12．He raised his hand __________ silence.
A．as if to command B．as though he going to command
C．as though to command D．as of he commanding
13．Francis Preston Blair, Jr., _________ born in Kentucky, lived and practiced law in Missouri.
A．was B．he was C．although D．who he was
14．We are to install this instrument ____________.
A．as originally planned B．as it originally planned
C．as was originally planned D．as it being originally planned
15．__________, people and objects are presented in a flat, often angular, abstract manner in
Jacob Lawrence’s paintings.
A．Always able to recognize B．The ability to recognize always
C．While always recognizable D．Always can be recognized
Answers:
1-5ACDCD 6-10BBBCB 11-15DCCAC
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