课程内容

Unit 1《Friends》（3）
Grammar A: Describing things or people with adjective
Describing people's appearance
  thin   strong   fat
A: What is he/she like?
B: He/She is ....
Work in pairs
  small eyes   big eyes
A: She has small eyes.
B: Her eyes are small.
A: She has big eyes.
B: Her eyes are big.
  round face   square face
A: He has a square face.
B: His face is square.
A: He has a round face.
B: His face is round.
Choose right adjectives to describe the girl's appearance.
  tall   big   lovely   round   long
Nancy is a very ______ girl. She is not very ______. Her hair is ______. She has a ______ face and ______ eyes.
The use of adjectives
Do you know how to describe someone or something with adjectives?
We use adjectives to describe sb/sth. We can put an adjective before a noun(名词前) or after a linking verb(系动词后).
She has long hair.（名词前）
Her hair is long.（系动词后）
The cat is lazy.
This is a lazy cat.
1. The girl is lovely.
   She is a ______ ______.
2. She has yellow hair.
   Her hair ______ ______.
3. A lazy cat is sleeping on the sofa.
   The cat ______ ______.
形容词在句中的位置
She is a lovely girl.
She has short hair.
A lazy cat is sleeping on the sofa.
The girl is lovely.
Her hair is short.
The cat is lazy.
Do you know any more linking verbs?
  be      become   feel
  get     grow     keep
  look    seem     smell
  sound   taste    turn
We can also use adjectives after these linking verbs.
Can you make sentences using these linking verbs with adjectives?
  Linking verbs         Adjectives
   be     become         nice     great
   feel   get            tired    green
   grow   keep           healthy  sad
   look   seem           happy    strong
   smell  sound          angry    ...
   taste  turn
e.g. I feel tired today.
     It sounds great.
Rewrite the following sentences
1. He is a strong man.
  =The man is strong.
2. Tom's hair is long.
  =Tom has long hair.
3. He has small eyes.
  =His eyes are small.
4. This book is interesting.
  =This is an interesting book.
Help Daniel complete sentences.
1. short/Millie/hair/has
   __________________________
2. wears/Sandy/glasses/round
   __________________________
3. is/funny/Amy/and cheerful
   __________________________
4. like/Millie/not/hair/does/long
   __________________________
5. is/Sandy/hair/tall/long/and has
   __________________________
6. never/or unhappy/feels/Amy/bored
   __________________________
7. happy/looks/today/Millie/very
   __________________________
8. boy/an/Daniel/interesting/is
   __________________________
Grammar B: Comparatives and superlatives
Yao Ming is taller than Liu Xiang is.
Liu Xiang is taller than Mike is.
Mike is the shortest of all.
Yao Ming is the tallest of all.
Lily's cake is big.
Han Mei's cake is bigger than Lily's.
Jim's cake is the biggest of all.
Li Lei's box is heavy.
Han Mei's box is heavier than Li Lei's.
Jim's box is the heaviest of all.
Mike is very young.
Jim is younger than Mike.
Tom is the youngest of the three.
This plane is high in the sky.
This plane is higher.
This plane is the highest of all.
Jack is fast.
David is faster than Jack.
Tim is the fastest of all.
Amy is very beautiful.
Linda is more beautiful than Amy.
Helen is the most beautiful of all.
Practice in pairs or groups
Talk about yourself
A: I am ....
B: I am ... than you.
C: I am the ... of all.
Talk about your classmates, your teachers or your class
A: Sb is ....
B: ... is ... than him/her.
C: ... is the ... of all.
Conclusion
1. We use comparatives to compare two people or things.
2. We use superlatives to compare three or more people or things.
3. We add 'the' before the superlatives.
形容词的比较级（Comparative）和最高级（Superlative）