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word power

南京江宁高级中学

word power

a pair of socks

a flock of birds

a team of students

a herd of horses

Pair nouns and group nouns

Read the following and try to remember them::

a pair of +plural nouns

a pair of boots / glasses / socks/ trousers/ chopsticks

2.a group of +plural nouns

a group of people/ children/ students / figures

3. a herd of +plural nouns

a herd of cows/ deer/ elephants/ cattle

a bunch of +plural nouns

a bunch of flowers/ grapes/ keys/ bananas/ roses

a pack of +plural nouns

a pack of dogs/ wolves/ playing cards/ cigarettes

a swam of +plural nouns

a swam of beers/ ants/ flies/ mosquitoes

a flock of +plural nouns

a flock of sheep/ goats/ birds

Words related to archaeology

Explain the following:

archaeology---

2.archaeologist----

3.archaeological site---

the study of civilizations by looking at things remaining from the time when civilization existed

the person who studies archaeology

the area that is being studied

The words that can be used to describe when an archaeologist is studying an archaeological site:

brush dig discover explore

remove record

Fill in the blanks with the words mentioned above ,paying attention to the forms of verbs:

Grammar and usage

Types of objects:

Simple Object

1. We should read English aloud in the morning.

2.Would you please lend me your dictionary?

3.Young people today are living a happy life.

Object complement

1. A noun used as an object complement.

They called him Professor Wang.

We all made Li Hua our monitor.

2. An adjective used as object complement

The teacher asked us to leave the door open .

We find this advertisement very interesting.

3.A to-infinitive can be used as an object complement

We consider him to be an honest boy.

Teachers must forbid middle school students to smoke .

4. A bare infinitive can be used an object complement.

The maths teacher had him do the exercises again.

Why did you make him stay in the classroom a bit late?

Pratice on the object complement

Complete the following sentences with an object complement:

1.His parents expect him ________ （ 当医生）.

2.On his arrival, he found a group of pioneers ___________

_________________ (手拿鲜花欢迎他们).

3. You’d better leave the window______during the day.(开着)

4.We consider him_________________ (是位诚实的孩子).

5.They all call the machine________(机器人).

6.Why did you have lights______all night(亮着)?

to be a doctor

welcomig them

with flowers in their hands.

open

to be an honest boy

a robot

on

Subject-verb agreement

Fill in the blanks with the right verb forms:

1.The people’s republic of China _____(be) founded in 1949.

2.The food they offered on the plane ____(be) delicious.

The verb should be singular if the subject is.

3.Two hours_____(be) not enough for so much homework.

4.Twenty thousand dollars_____(be) a large amount of money to me.

The verb should be singular if the subject is a phrase of measurement,money or distance.

was

was

is

is

is

All of us _______ ( attend) the lecture about Pompeii .

Most of the lecture ______(be) about how the ancient city was discovered.

I spent only 30 yuan buying books and the rest of money_______(be) spent on my food.

When the subject is all of/ some of /half of+noun/pronoun, the verb agrees with the noun and pronoun.

have attended

was

was

An expert with some assistants_____ (be) sent to work in Gansu Province.

No on except two teachers________( know) the secret.

Xiao Ming as well as his parents_____(be) interested in music.

When the subject followed by with/ together with/as well as/, the verb agrees with the subject.

was

knows

is

Either the team leader or the guides _____ (be) looking after the students.

Neither noodles nor rice______(be) delicious today.

Either you or the headmaster_______(be) to hand out prizes to those gifted students at the meeting.

Not only you but also I_______(be) puzzled at her worried look.

When neither…nor/ either…or/ not only…but also…are used to join the subjects of a sentence, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it.

are

is

was

am

His family_____(be ) to move to the countryside next month.

His family _____all (be) fond of popular music.

Our school ______(be) a key school in Jiangsu Province.

Our school ______doing (do) morning exercises now on the playground.

When the subject is a group noun like: class/ family/ government/ team… , we use a singular verb if the noun identifies a singular or unit, or a plural verb if it identifies a number of individuals.

is

are

is

are