Period 5 Grammar

Teaching objectives:

To master 4 types of noun clauses.

To master attribute clause and the difference between it and noun clauses

Teaching aids:

Slide

Teaching methods:

Practice

Teaching difficult points:

Distinguish the difference between attributive clause and noun clauses

Teaching procedure

Step I Greeting (1 minute)

T: good afternoon, everybody!

Ss: good afternoon, teacher!

T: are you tired?

Ss: yes

T: I’m sorry to hear that. Cheer up, please! Do you know what we will learn in this period?

Ss: grammar

Step II Presentation (15 minutes)

T : yes, we will learn NOUN CLAUSE. “名詞性從句”. That is to say, the clause acts as a noun. Do you think so? Do you know how many types of noun clauses there are?

Ss:……

T: there are 4 types of noun clause. What are they? Now, please look at this sentence on the slide. “Most people in the west agree that Chinese is one of the most difficult language s to learn.” There is a that-clause in the sentence. Do you know what type of noun clause it belongs to?

Ss:…..

T: we call it object clause. You see, that-clause in this sentence acts as an object. The subject is MOST PEOPLE, and the predicate is AGREE, right?

Ss: yes

T: good. So, that-clause here is used as the object of the predicate “agree”. If a that-clause is used as subject we call it the subject clause. That-clause is also used as the predicative clause, the appositive clause and the attributive clause. And there are other conjunction to lead a noun clause of attributive clause, such as when, where, which and so on. Today, we just learn that clause. Are you clear about that? Now, let’s look at the following sentences on the slide. (Explain sentence pattern and tell students which parts that clause acted as.)

1. Most people in the west agree that Chinese is one of the most difficult language s to learn

(賓語從句)

2. That I should have my hair cut is suggested.（主語從句）

3. His suggestion was that I should have my hair cut. （表語從句）

4. He made a suggestion that I should have my hair cut.（同位語從句）

Step III Practice (28 minutes)

T: are you clear with these 4 types of noun clause? Now, please open your book, turn to page 37. There are 6 sentences. We have learned these sentences before. You can look at some other sentences on the slide, and then decide which part the clauses act as. Do it as soon as possible. If you finish it, please raise your hands and let me know, I will give you 2 minutes. Are you clear?

Ss: yes

(After 2 minutes)

T: ok, time is up. Who can tell us which types these that-clauses belong to? Ok, let’s check this exercise together. (Explain each sentence and analyze which part that-clause act as. Translate some sentences to help students to understand. Explain 4 types of noun clauses and write them on the blackboard)

T: are you all clear about these 4 types of noun clauses? Do you have any questions? Ok, just now, we have mentioned that-clause can also be used as attribute clause, but please pay attention to the difference between noun clauses and attribute clause. When that-clause is noun clause, “that” has no meaning in the clause and it doesn’t play any role in the clause. While, when that-clause is attributive clause, it may acts as a subject or an object in the clause (blackboard). Are you clear?

Ss: yes

T: ok, good, now, let’s do exercise 2 on page 38. Identify the type of clause in the following sentence. If it is a noun clause, write NC; if it is an Attribute clause, write AC. Go through the examples first: the first sentence is NC, because that-clause is appositive clause. The second sentence is AC, because that acts as a subject in the clause, right? Ok, now, I will give you 3 minutes to finish the following exercises.

Ss:

T: have you finished? Now, please tell me which type these sentences belong to. Tell me together! (Check the answer, analyze each sentence and emphasize the difference between noun clause and attributive clause, translate some difficult sentences to help students understand)

T: ok, good, you did good jobs. Now, are you clear about the differences between noun clauses and attributive clause? Quite good, in fact, appositive clause and attributive clause are similar, do you think so? If we don’t identify them carefully, it is easy to make mistakes. Now, let’s do some exercises about appositive clause. Exercise 3; join each pair of sentences using a noun clause as Appositive. First, let’s go through the example. There are two sentences, when they are joined together, we can get an appositive clause. In the example, that-clause follows the noun news, right? That –clause tells the content of the news, are you clear? Now, I will give 2 minutes to finish the exercise.

Ss:

T: now, please read out the appositive clauses that after joined two sentences together.

Ss: the fact that two thirds of all girls in Britain are on a diet worries their parents and teachers a lot. ……..

T: (explain each sentence translate some of them if necessary) yes, very good. You are all right. Well done, girls. Today, we have talked so much about the noun clauses and attributive clauses. We have done some exercises to distinguish their differences. We also practice some exercises about appositive clause. Are you clear about that now?

Ss: yes.

Step V Assignment (1 minute)

T: very good. Here comes your homework. Do word study on page 37, exercise2 on page 111 and exercise 1 on page 112. Take out your homework book A, and please do exercise 2 on page 13 and exercise 3 on page 14. Book B, please do exercise 1 .2 .3 on page 25. Try your best to finish these exercises. We will check them next period. Ok, so much for today, see you

Slide

1. Most people in the west agree that Chinese is one of the most difficult language s to learn

(賓語從句)

2. That I should have my hair cut is suggested.

（主語從句）

3. His suggestion was that I should have my hair cut.

（表語從句）

4. He made a suggestion that I should have my hair cut.

（同位語從句）

5. This is the suggestion that he made last week.

(定語從句)

Blackboard work

Noun clause:名詞性從句（that: 在從句中不充當任何成分）

Object clause: 賓語從句

一般在主句中充當賓語成分 “that ”在從句中不充當任何成分，可以省略。

E.g. I believe (that) he is honest.

Subject clause:主語從句

在主句中充當主語成分，“that”在從句中不充當任何成分。但不能省略

E.g. that he is honest id known to all.

Predicative clause 表語從句

在主句中充當表語成分，位于系動詞（be, seem 等）的后面。“that ”在非正式問題中可以省略。

E.g. the result was (that) we won the game.

Appositive clause 同位語從句

一般跟在抽象名詞（idea, view, fact, possibility, news）等的后面，用以說明名詞所表示的具體內容

E.g. I was sad with the news that I didn’t pass the exam.

Attributive clause 定語從句（that:在從句中充當主語或賓語的成分，用作賓語時可省略）