Art Period 3 Grammar—the Subjunctive Mood(1)
2.in sentences with the subjunctive mood，sometimes a prepositional phrase beginning with “without(＝if not)” is used to take the place of the “if” clause to express implied condition.
step 8 playing a game
1.get students to form groups of 6.
2.let students play the game “if i were a...，i would...”.
ask the students to take turns to imagine what they would do if they were somebody or did anything with their partners.make their own sentences as interesting and imaginative as they can.write down the six best ones and share them with the class.
step 9 closing down by a quiz
show students the following on the screen or give out test papers to them.
1.when a pencil is partly in a glass of water，it looks as if it ______(break).
2.i wish everyone ______(be)rich so that there would be no fight for food again.
3.without your suggestion that i ______(set)off early，i wouldn't have arrived on time.
4.i would rather you ______(return)the book yesterday.
5.the boy insisted that he ______(not cheat)in the exam and ______(not punish).
6.______(set)off a little earlier，i would have caught the train.
7.my partner got a mountain bike yesterday.how i wish my father ______ one for me on my coming birthday next week.
a.buys b.will buy c.could buy d.has bought
8.the young man insisted that he ______ wrong and that he ______ sorry to anyone else at the meeting.
a.had done；would say b.had done；should say
c.should do；would say d.should do；should say
9.i don't think that i shall fail.but if i ______，i would try again.
a.fail b.would fail
c.should fail d.had failed
10.—can you come to attend our party tonight?
—sorry，but i do wish i ______.
a.had b.can c.will d.could
11.though the girl had been suffering from the blood disease，she acted as if nothing ______ to her while facing her friends and relations.
a.happened b.would happen