Art Period 3 Grammar—the Subjunctive Mood(1)
3.when the verb “wish” is followed by an object clause,its predicate must be with the subjunctive mood.the past tense(were,did) is often used to express the situation contrary to the present and “could/would+v.” is often used to express the situation contrary to the future.
step 5 grammar practice
ask students to do the following exercises:
1.change the following sentences into the subjunctive mood.put the verbs into the correct form.
(1)he has no right to choose his holiday,so he can't go to shanghai.
(2)i can't eat shellfish because i am allergic to them.
(3)as the marble statue is too large for her garden,the housewife won't buy it.
(4)we know very little about the disease,so we are not able to treat the patients very effectively.
suggested answers:
(1)if he had right to choose his holiday,he would go to shanghai.
(2)if i were not allergic to shellfish,i would enjoy eating them.
(3)if the marble statue were not too large for her garden,the housewife would buy it.
(4)if we know more about the disease,we would be able to treat the patients very effectively.
2.do exercise 3 in discovering useful structures on page 5.
3.do the exercises in using structures on page 43.
first ask students to do the exercises individually,and then let them discuss and check their answers with their partners,and finally give them the correct answers and deal with any problems they might meet.
step 6 getting more about the grammar
ask students to go back to page 1 and read through the reading passage a short history of western painting to pick out the sentences with the subjunctive mood and then translate them into chinese.
suggested answers:
1.if the rules of perspective had_not_been_discovered,no one would_have_been able to paint_such realistic pictures.
如果沒有發現透視法,人們絕不可能畫出如此逼真的畫。
2.without the new paints and the new technique,we would_not_be_able_to_see the many great masterpieces for which this period is famous.
沒有新的顏料和新的(繪畫)手法,我們就不可能看到很多使這一時代著名的杰作。
3.there are scores of modern art styles,but without the impressionists,many of these painting styles might_not_exist.
現代藝術風格有好幾十種,然而如果沒有印象派,那么這許多不同的風格就不可能存在。
step 7 summing up
try to help the students draw the following conclusions.
1.when the subjunctive mood is found in a clause beginning with the word “if”,“had+past participles” is used in the “if” clause,while “would/could have+past participles” is used in the main clause so as to express the situation contrary to the past.