grammar and usage
teaching aims:
1. after learning linking verbs, the students will know about some basic information about linking verbs(words used as linking verbs; function of linking verbs; predicative after linking verbs);
2. after learning linking verbs, the students will be able to summarize usages of common and important linking verbs;
3. after learning linking verbs, the students will apply what they’ve learned about linking verbs.
teaching procedures:
step 1 lead-in
q: what is a linking verb?
a: a linking verb is a word used to connect the subject of a sentence to further information about the state which the subject is in.
step 2 introduction
point out the linking verbs
1. surfing the internet is really interesting.
2. we are now in need of english teachers.
3. what we want to know is who will give us the lecture next monday.
4. your suggestion sounds reasonable.
5. it seems that everyone here knows him quite well.
6. milk goes bad easily in summer if you do not put it in the fridge.
step 3 presentation
连系动词（即系动词）用于连接主语和表语，说明主语的状态、性质、特征或身份。常见的系动词是be（am/is/are）。 除了be动词之外还有一些，它们大致可分为四类：appear， seem; look，sound，feel，taste，smell; become，come，get，grow，turn，fall，go; keep，remain， stay, stand, prove
1. appear、seem表示“似乎”
1) she appears/seems all right.
2) children appear/seem in favour of the internet.
3) he appears/seems to be friendly to us.
4) they appear/seem to have misunderstood me.
5) it appears/seems that she will win.
6) it appears/seems to me that you are wrong.
比较： he seems (to be) in his thirties. 他似乎三十多岁了。（与实际相符）
he appears (to be) in his thirties. 他看上去三十多岁。（从外表上看）
2. look, sound, feel, taste, smell 表示“感觉”。
(1) that sounds wonderful, but some people claim that the internet is a waste of time.
(2) if you always eat fast food, vegetables may not taste delicious to you.
(3) it feels good to sit in front of the tv after a whole day’s hard work.
(4) when he got up on stage, he looked a little nervous.
(5) the air often smells bad in internet cafes.
3.become , come , get , grow , turn , fall, go 表示 “变化”。
(1) leaves turn green in spring.
(2) the boy will go mad if you don’t allow him to use the computer.
(3) she fell asleep the moment she got into bed.
(4) your son has grown much taller.
(5) john gets easily excited when playing computer games.
4. keep, remain, stay, stand , prove 表示 “状态”。
(1) the internet proved of great value to us during our project.
