Teaching Aims
1 . find out two forms of “the subjunctive mood”
(1) wish. (that) sb. did/ were
(2) If… were…, …would/ should/ could/ might…;
to use them in language situations, such as pictures,dialogues and passages.
3. Form a good habit in grammar learning enhancing the students’ confidence in learning abilities.
Teaching Procedures
StepⅠ Free talk and lead-in
about wishes and try to identify the use of Subjunctive Mood
We wish you a Merry Chrismas
= We wish you will have a Merry Chrismas →(likely to happen)
I wish I were a student as young as you → ( )
tions:
What mood is used in the sentence above?
Step ⅡSubjunctive Mood
1. wish- clause in the subjunctive mood
1)Discribing pictures using wish clauds of the subjunctive mood
I wish every day were my birthday.
He wishes he were as tall as Yao Ming.
I wish I could fly like a bird.
I wish/wished I hadn’t eaten so much watermelon.
I wish it would rain tomorrow.
2)ge the following sentences.
e.g. I’m not a girl.
I wish I were a girl.
1. I can’t solve my problem.
I wish I could solve the problem.
2. He didn’t pass the exam.
He wished he had passed the exam.
3. We are afraid the performance won’t go well tomorrow.
We wish the performance would go well tomorrow.
3)ary the sentence patterns
现在
wish clause 过去
将来
4)．Pair work
If today were your birthday and you could achieve your wish, tell your partner what wishes you want to have.
A: Happy Birthday to you!
B: Thank you!Welcome to my birthday party!
A:Today is your d you like to tell me your birthday wishes?
B: Oh! I wish …….
…ence structure in the subjunctive mood
1)essing pictures using wish clauds of the subjunctive mood
If I had enough money,I would have bought a big house
If I had a chance now,I would have a voyage and travel on the island
If he had been more careful, he wouldn’t have had the car accident yesterday.
If I should live in the South Pole,I would be willing to
If I were to take part in the game tomorrow, I would be the winner.
2). Try to fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given in the brackets.
le say that the art exhibition is worth seeing.I wish I ____ (can) go with you but I’m busy these days
I ____ (can) paint ,I _____ (paint) you an absract painting in the style of Matisse.
don’t know her address. If we ____ (know) it ,we ________ (send) her a big bunch of flowers.
you _______ (take) my advice this morning, you __________________ (miss) the bus.
’s Miss Liang’s birthday next monday.I wish I ____ (can) take her out to a superb restaurant for dinner,but I’ll be on business
6.I really appreciate your helping out your help,we ______________ (not complete) the project tomorrow
Peter __________(come) to our shool, he ______ (can) go to our art classroom
3)ary the sentence patterns
If从句 主句
现在
过去
将来
4)inguish the differences between a factual situation and a wish
Write F if the sentence refers to a factual situation,and write W if it refers to a wish
would come to the party if he didn’t have to work. ( ) = He wants to come,but he can’t just beacause he has to work.
he has time,he always walks into the cafe and asks for a cup of coffee. ( )
= He always walks into the caffe and asks for a cup of coffee when he has time.
I had enough money I would buy a new car.( )
4.I’ll go with you to the gallery if it doesn’t rain tomorrow.( )
5)Practise
Change the following statements into wishes
has no right to choose his holiday,so he can’t go to Mexico.
●If he _____ right to choose his holiday,he would go to Mexico.
2. I can’t eat shellfish because I am allergic to them.
● If I were not allergic to shellfish,I _______________________.
the marble stature is too large for her garden,the housewife won’t buy it.
●If _________________________________________,the house wife would buy it.
know very little about the disease, so we are abe to treat the patients very effectively.
StepⅢ Play a game,following the example
Eg.I want to have a would I had a car?
● If you had a car ,you would have an accident.
● If you had an accident, you would have to be sent to hospital
● If you were sent to hospital,we would go to see you
(1)If I were the principal (校长)of the shool,I …..
(2) If I graduated from shool,I……
StepⅣ Summary
Make a quick review about what we have learnt today.
StepⅤwrite a passage
Ss are asked to prepare a passage under the following instructions.
If you were the principal（校长）of the school, what measures would you take to make a difference?
Organize your measures and write a campaign speech (竞选演说稿）----- “If I Were Mr. Principal”.
Please prepare your campaign speech in this way:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’m honored here to give you a speech. First of all, I’m sure I have all the qualities a principal needs. I’m proud I’m the very person. How I wish I were Mr. Principal!
If I were Mr. Principal, I would
Use as many sentences as possible with the following two structures.
(1) If… were…, …would/ should/ could/ might…;
(2) wish. (that) sb. did/ were
