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课件网) Unit 1 Lights, camera, action! Grammar and Usage Lead-in Watch a video. What is the name of the film in the video The Jungle Book Lead-in Look at the transcripts of the film below. Recognize the subject and verb of each sentence. What rule did you find (1) Man is forbidden! (3) If anything happens to that kid, I'll never forgive myself. (2) What are you doing so deep in the jungle The subject and verb must agree in number. Fill in the table Read the introduction Laura gave to her class about The Jungle Book. Pay attention to the underlined subjects and verbs and fill in the table below. The first two have been done for you. Everyone was surprised when Disney said its film team were remaking The Jungle Book. Based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same title, it describes the story of a boy named Mowgli. Mowgli and his animal friends live happily in the jungle until one day the Tiger Shere Khan returns and tries to drive him out of the jungle. In 1967, Disney adapted the book into a cartoon film, which is widely regarded as classic. However, its old age shows. Fill in the table The new film uses much more advanced technology-not only the animals but also the jungle is created digitally. Believe it or not, the boy is the only real human character in the film! Building the jungle environment on the computer is no easy job. It took more than 800 artists over a year to work on the project. The visual effects were so amazing that the film won, an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. Everything seems so real, except that the animals can talk! The Jungle Book lasts for about two hours but there is enough tension and humor to hold your attention during the whole film. Two hours seems very short when you're having so much fun! Fill in the table Subject + Singular verb Subject + Plural verb Everyone was its film team were its old age shows; The new film uses; not only the animals but also the jungle is; Building the jungle environment on the computer is; The Jungle Book lasts; there is enough tension and humor; Two hours seems Mowgli and his animal friends live; The visual effects were A period of time Working out the rules Subject-verb agreement means choosing the correct singular or plural verb after the (1) _____. subject The verb should be singular if the subject is (2) _____. The verb should be plural if the subject is (3) _____. ＊You can choose more than one answer for each blank a singular noun a plural noun an uncountable noun a book/film title a verb-ing form a phrase of two or more words linked by and a pronoun like everyone a phrase like measurement like two hours a, c, d, e, g, h b, f Working out the rules When not only ... but also ... is used to join the subjects of a sentence, or there be is followed by two or more nouns as the subjects of the sentence, the verb agrees with the noun next to it. Other structures: or/not; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... e.g. Neither my mo ... ...
