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课件网) Unit 1 Friendship (Word power) 译林版新版英语八年级上册 Learning objectives: By the end of the class, you will be able to: 1. know something about the suffixes and the formation of words (构词法). 2. add “-ful”and “-less” to some nouns to form adjectives. 3. have a deep understanding of the adjectives ending in -ful and -less and use them correctly to describe your experience with friends. 学习理解 应用实践 迁移创新 Review Max is the tallest boy in his class. He wears small round glasses. Max is humorous. He often makes his friends laugh. Max is energetic and he is always active. Max Max is cheerful. He always encourages the writer to keep trying when he feels like giving up on difficult tasks. Read and think My best friend Max is a cheerful person. He always looks on the bright side of things. He is also very helpful. Once I had a sleepless night because I was worried about a volleyball match. I felt helpless. The next day, Max came and gave me some useful advice. > What is Max like cheerful helpful look on _____ the right side of things give me _____ when I feel _____ useful advice helpless adjectives > What part of speech (词性) are the words in bold (黑体字) Work out the rule cheerful helpful useful sleepless helpless -ful -less suffixes (后缀) A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to make another word. Work out the rule cheer → cheerful n. adj. help → helpful n. adj. use → useful n. adj. sleep → sleepless n. adj. help → helpless n. adj. n. + -ful/-less → adj. What rule can you find the formation of words (构词法) The suffix -ful means “full of”, and the suffix -less means “without”. Work out the rule helpful ← help → helpless adj. n. adj. full of without opposite 反义词 careful ← care → careless adj. n. adj. hopeful ← hope → hopeless adj. n. adj. useful ← use → useless adj. n. adj. Work out the rule n. + -ful→ adj. n. + -less→ adj. full of without opposite 反义词 Practise Work in pairs and complete the table below. If you cannot add the suffix -ful or -less to a word, put a cross ( ). You may use a dictionary to help you. × Adjective (with -ful) Adjective (with -less) cheer cheerful cheerless help helpful helpless meaning meaningful meaningless sleep × sleepless taste tasteful tasteless Check in groups! TIP: Not all words have both -ful and -less as suffixes. endful (×) endless ( √ ) A true friend can turn even the days into something brighter. He or she can fill the days with moments. When you face problems, a friend is always there to support you by offering advice or simply listening. He or she never makes you feel . True friends don’t care if you wear clothes or not, because they like you for who you are. They would never use words that might hurt your feelings. Late-night talks with true friends might leave you , but these deep conversations—not small talks—make your friendship stronger and more . Adjective (wi ... ...
