Unit 2 The Subject and subject-verb concord课件.ppt

Unit 2 The Subject and Subject –verb concord;e.g. Jack murdered Joan with a gun. He murdered her with a gun. The reckless guy murdered Joan with a gun. When Jack murdered Joan remains unknown. Learning English grammar is by no means easy. To leave or stay is a question hard to answer. ;2.2 The meaning choices of the subject While the subject of the English sentence is variable in terms of its forms, it can also vary in its types s of meaning. 1) Jack murdered Joan with a gun. 2) Joan was murdered by Jack with a gun. 3) A gun killed Joan. 4) Cancer deprives many people of their lives. 5) The hall can seat 500 people for a conference.;Compare a. The door could not be opened. b. Jack could not open the door. The target of the action. The agent of the action.;2.3 The subject – verb concord;;4). Problems of concord with expressions of quantity as subject;10. Subject-verb concord in cleft sentences ; Subject-verb concord is meant agreement between subject and predicate verb in number.;grammatical concord notional concord proximity(就近原则). ;1).?? Grammatical concord;1. The children ____ outside now. A. play B. plays C. is playing D. are playing 2. Every girl ______ on time. A. come B. comes C. is coming D. are coming 3. Much effort ______ wasted. A. is B. are C. were D. be ;2).??Notional concord (意义一致) ;1. Fifteen miles _____ like a long walk to me. A. seem B. seems 2. The committee ______ to make its decision tomorrow. A. is B. are 3. The committee ______ divided in opinion about this problem A. is B. are ;The principle of proximity denotes agreement of the verb with a closely preceding noun phrase in preference to agreement with the head of the noun phrase that function as subject. ; 1. Either my brothers or my father ___ coming. A. is B. are C. am D. be 2. Neither Julia nor I _____ going. A. is B. are C. am