unit3Grammarandusage教案牛津版必修3.doc

PAGE  PAGE 14 unit3 Grammar and usage教案 牛津版必修3 The grammar items in this unit deal with object complements, either ... or ... and neither... nor ..., and subject-verb agreement. We’ll learn what an object complement is, the basic pattern in which it always occurs and what can be used as an object complement. As for the phrases either ...or... and neither ... nor ..., you are expected to use either ... or ... as one of the sentence elements to express the idea of alternatives, and neither ... nor ... to join two negative ideas together. Subject-verb agreement explains some rules of using correct singular or plural verbs after the subject. Step 1: Object Complement 2) An object complement always occurs in this pattern: verb + object + object complement. The object complement can often be a noun phrase or an adjective. e.g. They made Wu Tong monitor of their class. You must keep the room clean all the time. 3) Sometimes a to-infinitive or bare infinitive can be an object complement. e.g. I’d like all of you to work still harder. Will you let us play ball games after we finish our exercises? 4) An object complement can be a prepositional phrase. e.g. If you keep the new dress in hot water, the colors will run. 5) An object complement can also be a present participle phrase or a past participle phrase. e.g. The most exciting thing for the old man was to watch the children playing in the garden. They told me to have my car repaired as soon as possible. 6) An object complement usually agrees with the object in number. After that people called the boy a little hero. 2. Please go through Lost civilizations again and find as many sentences with an object complement as you can. For example, Sven found the remains of buildings buried under the sand, together with a lot of treasures, such as coins, painted pots, silk materials, documents and wall paintings. (remains of buildings is the object, and buried under the sand is the o