高二英语下学期第4单元-grammar

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Unit4 Grammar定语从句1 课件-高中英语人教版必修第一册

sitting in the corner
behaves well.
This is the person __(w_h_o_m__/w_h_o_/t_h_a_t)____ I talked to just now.
This is the person to d just now.
4. He keeps a record of everything _(_th_a_t) he had seen there.
5. The TV play I watched last night is the best one _(t_h_a_t)_ I have watched this year.
E.g. A: The man sells vegetables. B: He lives next to us.
↓
who lives next to us
The man who lives next to us
先行词
定语从句
sells vegetables.
作状语
who, whom , which , that ,
先行词关系代词
back next week.
啥时用关系代词啥时用关系副词呀！！！
选用关系词，需要看两点：
看关系词在从句中充当的成分。
做主语，宾语，表语关系代词
做状语用关系副词做定语用关系形容词（whose)
关系代词的用法
who whom which that whose
指代内容所做成分
2、This is the very book __I’m looking 2.当先行词前面有only.any.few. little.no.
for.

Module 4 Unit2 Grammar and Usage的教学设计

Module 4 Unit2 Grammar and Usage-----Modal Verbs教学设计一．教学内容分析本课是牛津高中英语必修教材Modal 4 Unit2 Sporting Events 中的Grammar and Usage(语法与运用)。

本单元的语法项目是情态动词。

情态动词在初中课程中就出现过，情态动词的用法复杂又繁多，比较零散，这些特点都给学生学习情态动词的用法造成一定的困难。

基于以上特点，本课时通过语法规则的讲解与呈现，让学生比较全面系统地掌握情态动词的语法知识。

通过本节课的教学，学生能够首先了解情态动词的基本特征和在句子中表达各种语气的功能，其次，学生能够系统掌握情态动词的基本用法，并在口语和书面表达上能够更加准确、流畅地表达自己。

二．学生学习情况分析情态动词在初中课程中就出现过，学生对于情态动词的基本概念和知识已有一定的基础。

但是，由于情态动词的用法复杂又繁多，在实际教学中教师往往是花费了大量精力时间将情态动词的用法逐个讲解并设计练习题让学生进行操练，学生在依然是一头雾水。

究其原因，主要是学生一味被动地接受并识记教师所教授的情态动词用法，对于情态动词多而杂的用法未进行归纳总结，对于部分情态动词的用法掌握不全面，以致于对于情态动词的用法掌握陷入混乱的状态，就如有位老教师曾经这样一个成语描述学生学习情态动词的状况-----为“情”所困。

三．设计思想首先，“四段式”教学模式的指导思想要使学生“动”起来。

建构主义学习理论认为教学不是通过教师向学生单向传递知识就可以完成的，知识不只是通过教师传授得到的，而是学习者在一定的情境即社会文化背景下，借助其他人（包括教师和学习伙伴）的帮助，利用必要的学习资料，通过“意义建构”的方式而获得的。

教师不能直接将知识传递给学生，而是要组织、引导，使学生参与到整个学习过程中去。

其次，综观历年高考英语情态动词的考查情况，有相当一部分考题从本质上看都是考查情态动词在具体语境中的运用。

高二英语外研版选修7课件：4-3 Grammar

外研版英语
She abandoned her child.
她遗弃了她的孩子。
Module 4 Music born in America
3)desert强调“违背誓言、命令、责任、义务等”。
如： The soldier deserted his country and helped the enemy. 那个士兵叛国助敌。
外研版英语
美丽的画面中，不同色彩相协调。
Module 4 Music born in America
知识拓展
harmony相关词组： be in harmony with 与„„协调一致 be out of harmony with 与„„不协调一致 live in harmony 和睦相处
外研版英语
Module 4 Music born in America
知识拓展
in vain 徒然；枉然 ①Our efforts were not in vain. 我们的努力没有白费。 ②The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds. 警察试图驱散抗议的人群，但没有成功。
外研版英语
Module 4 Music born in America
即学即用
Mary________her job when her son went abroad in 2008. A．stopped C．gave away 答案：D B．deserted D．quit
外研版英语
解析：句意：现在就做，否则就晚了。
Module 4 Music born in America
即学即用

高二英语(人教版)选修8课件：Unit+4《Pygmalion》Grammar

asleep.
6. _B_u_i_lt_ in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part.
7. _D_r_e_ss_e_d_ up as Father Christmas and _a_cc_o_m__p_a_n_i_e_d by a “guard of honor” of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street …
提示
过去分词作状语与现在分词作状语的区别在于: 过去分词与句子主语构成动宾关系, 而现在分词与句子主语构成主谓关系。
Seeing in this light, the matter is not as serious as people generally suppose.
Seen in this light, the matter is not as
8. Now once _ta_u_g_h_t_ by me, she’d become an upper class lady …
9. But, sir, once _e_d_u_c_a_te_d_ to speak properly, that girl could pass herself off in three months as a duchess …
让步状语
Warned of the storm, the farmers were still working in the fields.
方式、伴随状语
The teacher stood there, surrounded by the students. The trainer appeared, followed by six little dogs. He walked up and down the room, lost in thought.

高二英语Unit 4 A garden of poems人教版知识点分析

高二英语Unit 4 A garden of poems人教版【本讲教育信息】一. 教学内容：Unit 4 A garden of poems二. 知识总结与归纳：〔一〕单元分析：主题：英国诗歌：英国诗歌的种类，英国诗人，英国诗歌的开展。

阅读材料：1. English Poetry：介绍英文诗歌各个开展阶段的概括，代表性的诗人，中国历史上著名的诗人。

2. Songs and Poems：对诗歌的感受。

3. 现代诗歌的诞生。

交际功能：陈述个人的观点。

语法：过去分词做状语。

学习建议：〔1〕运用学过的构词知识掌握局部单词的词义，同时借助录音带掌握单词的读音。

利用书后的练习：P29；P103—1，2巩固所学的生词。

〔2〕阅读：充分利用Post-reading中的问题去阅读课文。

抓住课文的如下要点：英国诗歌的不同时期的开展，各个时期的代表人物；与中国著名诗人的比拟；诗歌翻译的特点等。

〔3〕语法学习：理解过去分词做时间，原因，条件，让步状语的结构，表达的意义。

通过大量的例句理解，句型转换，造句，填空等练习掌握过去分词做状语的用法。

〔二〕本单元重点单词用法：1. pattern：型，模式，方式The cloth has a pattern of red and white squaresThe illness is not following its usual pattern.What is the behavioral patterns that are typical of this social group ?2. absence：不在，缺席，缺乏；常构成的短语有：absence from：缺席；absence of / in the absence of：缺席，缺乏；absence of mind：心不在焉，神不守舍。

Once published, his work became famous for the absence of rhyme at the end of each line.His repeated absence from school is worryingIn the absence of the manager, I shall be in charge.In the absence of any further evidence, the police were unable to solve the murder.3. apart：相隔，相距，除去，单独地。

高二下册英语第四单元知识点：Bodylanguage

1. represent vt .象征；代表，表现，描绘，体现【单词家族】representation n. 代表,代表权;代理⼈representive adj. 典型的,代表性的 n.典型,代表,代理⼈1) represent to…向…表⽰;交涉represent….as….把…描绘成represent oneself as/ to be ….⾃称是…/声⾔…represent sth to sb. 向某⼈说明某事2)make representations to….与…交涉;向…提出*辨析：represent；stand for；on behalf of1) represent⽤来表⽰代表某⼈/某个团体/政府等，某种标志代表什么，某物表现的是什么或把某物描绘成什么。

represent 表⽰形式上“代表”，实际上只起象征意义时可与stand for互换， represent也可表⽰实际“代表”某⼈或某组织参加某活动。

2) on behalf of 只能⽤作状语，表⽰“代表或代替某⼈做某事”。

3)stand for 常⽤来表⽰(字母、数字、符号)代表或象征什么。

2.curious adj好奇的,奇特的;稀奇古怪的,难以理解的【单词家族】curiosity n. 好奇⼼,求知欲;奇物,珍品1) be curious to do sth 极想做某事be curious about stn对…感到好奇be curious + that 从句 …很反常2) out of curiosity. 出于好奇meet/satisfy one’s curiosity. 满⾜某⼈好奇⼼with curiosity= curiously 好奇地辨析：curious; eager; anxious; worried1) curious 对…好奇。

2)anxious着重“担⼼;焦急”;⽽eager表“期待”、“急于”或“进取的热情”。

高中英语选修7(新课标)4-4 Grammar—限定性定语从句教学课件

small trees t_h_a_t/_w_h_i_c_h compete with big trees for resources (资源)． 3．Their child is at the stage _w__h_er_e___ she can say individual words
but not full sentences. 4．This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence ( 节奏)
4．(教材 P29)We walked for two and a half hours to get there—first up a mountain to a ridge from _w__h_e_re___ we had fantastic views and then down a steep path to the valley below.
Children who are not active or whose diet is high in fat will gain weight quickly.
不爱活动或其饮食含高脂肪的孩子会很快长胖。 6．关系代词 as 在定语从句中作主语或宾语。常用句型 such...as... 像……如此的……；the same...as...像……一样的……。
The first place that they visited in London was the Big Ben. 他们在伦敦参观的第一个地方就是大本钟。 4)当先行词既有人又有物时。 They often refer to the director and his films that I like best. 他们经常提到我最喜欢的导演和他的电影。

译林牛津版高中英语必修第二册-UNIT 4 Grammar and usage教学课件

• It can be very cold in April in Nanjing. • Wild dogs can be dangerous. We use “can” to make general statements about what is possible.
• Shall I open the door? • Shall we meet at 6 o’clock? • What shall I do for the meeting?
Exploring the rules
You use shall with “I” and “we” in questions in order to make offers or suggestions, or to ask for advice. “Could” is normally used to give mild advice or to suggest a solution to some problem.
We use because it is necessary or important.
Exploring the rules
You might have asked yourself this question more than once. Possibility These ideas should point you in the right direction. … you may find yourself better able to seek out books to your taste … Modal verbs for probability: may, might, could, must, can, should • —Where’s Rose? • —I’m not sure. She _m_a_y_/_m__ig_h_t_/c_o_u_l_d__ be at home. • You haven’t eaten all day. You ___m__u_st___ be hungry. • I don’t believe it. It ___c_a_n_’_t___ (not) be true.

2024年高中英语Unit4Grammarandusage教案牛津译林版选择性必修第二册

教学反思与改进
首先，我发现部分学生在理解过去完成时的构成和用法上还存在一些困难。他们对于过去完成时的构成规则掌握不牢固，导致在运用时出现错误。因此，我计划在未来教学中更加注重过去完成时的基础知识教学，通过更多的例子和练习来帮助学生理解和掌握。
其次，我发现一些学生在课堂上的注意力不够集中，特别是在小组讨论的时候。他们可能会被周围的同学干扰，或者容易分心。为了解决这个问题，我计划引入更多的互动和参与性的活动，以吸引学生的注意力，并保持课堂的活跃氛围。
核心素养目标
1.语言能力：通过本节课的学习，学生能够准确理解和运用过去完成时态描述过去发生的动作或状态，提高英语语言表达能力。
2.文化意识：通过学习过去完成时态在具体语境中的应用，使学生了解西方文化中关于时间的表达方式，增强对不同文化的认识和理解。
3.思维品质：通过分析、对比和归纳过去完成时态的用法，培养学生的逻辑思维和分析问题的能力。
6.增强对英语语法的认识和理解，提高语法分析能力。
7.培养批判性思维能力，通过分析、对比和归纳过去完成时的用法。
8.提高自主学习能力，通过课堂参与和小组讨论积极探究问题。
9.增强团队合作能力，通过小组讨论和实践活动与他人合作解决问题。
10.培养良好的学习习惯，通过课堂互动和自主学习提高学习效果。
学生将通过课堂讲解、小组讨论、实践活动和课后作业等方式来巩固和应用所学的知识。通过这些学习活动，学生将能够更好地理解和运用过去完成时，提高英语语言运用能力。同时，学生也将通过参与小组讨论和实践活动来培养团队合作能力和批判性思维能力。此外，学生还将通过自主学习和课堂互动来提高学习效果，并培养良好的学习习惯。通过本节课的学习，学生将能够更好地运用过去完成时，提高英语语言表达能力和语法分析能力，为后续学习打下坚实的基础。

高中英语(人教版选修8)教师用书：Unit 4 Section_Ⅳ Grammar_-_Writing(含答案)

Section_ⅣGrammar_&_Writing过去分词作状语一、过去分词(短语)作状语过去分词作状语，修饰谓语动词，进一步说明谓语动词的动作和状态，即动作发生时的背景或状况，其逻辑主语则为句子的主语，其主语为过去分词动作的承受者。

过去分词作状语时，可单独使用，也可以在其前面加上适当的连词，可表示时间、原因、条件、伴随、方式等。

When finished，the paper should be turned in without delay.一完成，文件应立刻上交。

(时间状语)Given more attention, the trees will grow better.如果多给予些关注，这些树会长得更好。

(条件状语)Inspired by what he said, the girl student decided to work harder.在他的话的鼓励下，女学生决定更努力地学习。

(原因状语)He hurried to the hall, followed by two guards.他快步走向大厅，身后跟着两个卫兵。

(伴随状语)Asked many times, he still hasn’t said a word about the matter.虽然已被问了好几次，对这件事他仍只字未提。

(让步状语)二、过去分词(短语)作状语在句中的位置过去分词在句中作状语，可放在主句前作句首状语，后面用逗号与主句隔开；也可放在主句后面，前面用逗号与主句隔开。

过去分词(短语)作条件、原因及时间状语时，通常放在句首；作伴随、结果状语时，通常放在句末；作方式状语时，一般放在句末，有时也放在句首；作让步状语时，一般放在句首，有时也放在句末。

He stood there silently, moved to tears.＝Moved to tears, he stood there silently.他静静地站在那里，被感动得热泪盈眶。

Unit 4 Grammar 现在完成进行时课件-高中英语人教版选择性必修第三册

(1) I have been learning English since I was 8 years old and I still love it.
(2) Chinese have been making paper for two thousand years.
2.表示不久前刚刚结束的动作。这种意义通常根据上下文来判断。
一位私人侦探几个星期以来一直在跟踪他。
② Craig loves outdoor activities - he skis in winter and has been fishing and hunting since he was a child.
Craig热爱户外活动，冬天他去滑雪，他从小就开始钓鱼和打猎。
2．We _________ COVID-19 ever since it appeared three years ago.
A．have been fighting against
B．fought with
C．have been fighting for D．will be fighting against
now
Future
1. This is the adventure that I have been dreaming of.
2.She has been sleeping for 6 hours and still can’t wake up. Nhomakorabea 用法：
1.表示动作从过去某时开始一直到说话时还在进行或可能还要继续下去。
A．worked
B．had been working
C．has been working D．is working
8．They ________ the problem since this morning, but haven’t reached an agreement.

Unit4LearningAboutLanguageving分词作表语和宾语课件高二英语人教版选择性

二、v.-ing 形式作表语表示主语具有的特征。
作表语的 v.-ing 形式包括现在分词和动名词。 1．现在分词作表语，往往具有形容词的性质，说明主语的性质、特征等。作表语的现在分词，许多是由能够表示人们某种感情或情绪的动词变化而来的。常见的有 moving、interesting、encour aging、exciting、 inspir ing、bor ing、sur pr ising、puzzling、amusing、astonishing 等，这类分词表示“令人……的”，常修饰物。
v.ed形式也可作表语
试对比V-ing和V-ed作表语的区别：
The book is moving/boring. 这本书令人感动/无聊
I was moved/bored. 我感到感动/无聊
V-ing作表语常修饰物，意为“令人……的”；V-ed作表语常修饰人，意为“感到……的”。
2．动名词作表语多表示抽象性的或习惯性的动作，一般说明主语的内容。
◆Our teacher does not allow cheating to go unpunished. 我们的老师不允许作弊行为不受到惩罚。
◆He did not allow himself to be too upset by the news. 他没有因听到这个消息而使自己过于沮丧。 ◆They don't permit smoking in the public. 他们不允许在公共场所吸烟。 ◆Her mother doesn't permit her to stay away at night. 她母亲不允许她在外过夜。
Would you mind Marissa/Marissa’s opening the window?

高二英语教案：UNIT 4单元词汇讲解及练习-人教版

Unit 4 A Garden of PoemsWarming up & listening & speaking1. But whether buses or trains or boarding aeroplanes, There wasn’t a door she’d get through. (1) 结构：1)Weather常与or连用(有三项或多项时, 可用两个或两个以上or), 意为“无论……还是……” 可引导让步状语从句.例句：① Whether he succeeds or fails, we shall support him.不够他成功还是失败，我们都支持他。

②I’ll go, whether you come with me or stay at home or study in the classroom.不管你是和我一起去还是呆在家还是在教室学习，我都要去。

(2) board vt.释义: to enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).上车，上船; 进入或登上（交通工具或船）例句:① He boarded the bus.他上了公共汽车。

②Flight BA193 for Paris is now boarding.乘飞往巴黎的BA193班机的旅客现在可以登机.(3) 词组：get through释义：① 通过②完成③及格④到达⑤打通例句：① There wasn’t a door she’d get through.没有一扇门能让她通过。

② I didn’t get through studying until almost 12 o’clock last night.昨晚将近12点我才做完功课。

③ She got through her exams without too much trouble.她没费太大的力就通过了考试。

高二英语外研版教师用书：Module4SectionⅢGrammar含解析

现在完成进行时语境自主领悟先观察原句后自主感悟1。

In 1996 , I moved to Canada withmy husband and I have been living there since then。

2.Liu Fang has been playing the pipa for the last three hours.3。

She's been performing concerts every day since last month。

4.They have known each other since childhood。

5。

I have traveled to most of the cities in China since five years ago.1.句1、句2和句3用了现在完成进行时；句4和句5用了现在完成时.2。

由左栏各句可知,现在完成进行时的构成为：have/has＋been ＋动词的现在分词形式；现在完成时的构成为：have/has＋动词的过去分词形式。

一、现在完成进行时1．构成have/has＋been＋动词的现在分词形式。

2．用法（1）表示过去某一时刻发生的动作一直持续到现在,并有可能继续持续下去。

He has been playing computer games all day。

他一天都在玩电脑游戏。

I have been working for this company for three years.我在这个公司已工作三年了。

（2）表示某一动作从过去开始，一直持续到说话时刚刚结束。

Sorry！I’m late.How long have you been waiting for me？对不起！我来迟了。

你等了我多长时间?(3)表示一直到说话时为止的一段时间内一再重复发生的动作。

The teacher has been telling us to be careful all the term。

串讲03现在完成进行时将来进行时的用法高二英语下学期期末考点大串讲(译林版2020)

Road to Grammar
Grammar 1 现在完成进行时 Present perfect continuous
1 定义
Present perfect continuous 现在完成进时间开始一直持续到现在，这个动作可能刚终止，也可能还在进行。
Present perfect continuous 现在完成进行时
• How many times have you visited the museum? （强调动作的重复性）
• How long have you been working in the company? （强调动作的延续性）
3.有些表示状态、感情、感觉的动词如：have, exist, like, hear, know, sound等，不能用于现在完成进行时，但可用于现在完成时。
他累了，他整天都在工作。
表示工作的持续状态
2. 表示从过去到现在时的一段时间被。反复进行的动作或存在
的状态。
All these days he has been writing articles to our
magazine.
all these days表示的是一
这些天来他一直在给我们的杂志写文段章时。间反复进行的动作
• I have been knocking. I don’t think anybody is in. • I have found the book that I have been looking for.
4 现在完成时与现在完成进行时的区别
1. 现在完成时通常表示动作已完成，而现在完成进行时却不一定如此。
2.表示按_计__划___或_安__排___将要做的事。
3 将来进行时的用法

高二英语重点知识点总结

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高二英语Unit4 A garden of poems课本原文人教版教案

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