Grammar: Exclamations

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Period 3

What emotion does exclamation express?

–Our football team won the game. – How Wonderful! ______________

What a lovely day today! It’s a good time for hiking.

________________ What heavy traffic! I’m late again.

__________________ –Susan failed the French exam.

–What a shame! ________________ How beautiful the flowers are! ______________ How smart the boy is to say “I love you” in 15

different languages! _____________

excitement

excitement

anger/complaint

disappointment admiratio

nsurprise

Girl or Boy?! What is speaker A’s emotion?

A: What a naughty boy he is! B: She’s not a boy. She’s a girl.A: Really? How short her hair is! B: It’s her mother’s choice.A: Wow. What a strange mother she is! B: Mary, come back! Let’s go home!A: Is she your…?B: She’s my daughter.A: Terribly sorry. I don’t know you’re her father.B: Never mind. By the way, I’m not her father. I’m her MOTHER!A: Ahhhhhhhhhhh…

Exclamations are used to express STRONG emotions.

WHAT-exclamations

Group 1Group 1 What a naughty boy he is! What an interesting book it is! What a happy life they are living! What a good time we had yesterday even

ing!

RULE 1RULE 1 What + ________+ __________+ 主语 + 谓语 +______

a/an可数名词 /名词词组单数

WHAT-exclamations

Group 2Group 2 What fine weather it is! What interesting books they are! What heavy traffic there is on the highway!

RULE 2RULE 2 What + _______________ + 主语 + 谓语 + ______

What + _______________ + 主语 + 谓语 + ______不可数名词 /名词词组

可数名词 /名词词组复数

HOW-exclamations

Group 3Group 3 How short her hair is! How beautiful the flowers are! How hard he works! How fluently the boy speaks English!

RULE 3RULE 3 How + ________________ + 主语 + 谓语 + _____形容词 /副词

HOW-exclamations

Group 4Group 4 How I want to see you! How I like my job! How time flies!

RULE 4RULE 4 How +_______+ _______+主语 谓语

Conclusion

What + 名词 / 名词词组 + 主语 + 谓语！ 必要时，名词 / 名词词组前要加不定冠词 a/an

How + 形容词 / 副词 + 主语 + 谓语！ How + 主语 + 谓语！ 感叹句的主语和谓语部分可省略。

Practice

Fill in the correct words to complete the following sentences.

___________ nice the coat is! ___________ good teachers they are! ___________ fine day it is today! ___________ important information he’s gi

ven us! ____________ fast Liu Xiang ran in men’s 1

10-metre hurdles!

How

How

WhatWhat aWhat

Exclamations and Statements Look at the two columns of the sentences.

Exclamations 感叹句 Statements 陈述句What a naughty boy he is! He is (such) a naughty boy.

What a happy life they are living!

They are living (such) a happy life.

What heavy traffic there is on the highway!

There is (such) heavy traffic on the high way.

How short her hair is! Her hair is (so) short.

How hard he works! He works (so) hard.

How I like my job! I (really) like my job.

Practice Rewrite the following sentences into

exclamations. It is a good idea.→___________________________ You have strange friends.

→_____________________________ He worked a long time.

→______________________________ The robot is efficient. →______________________________ Mary used to do her homework carelessly.

→_____________________________________________ Your teacher does understand you.

→__________________________________________

What a good idea it is!

What strange friends you have!

What a long time he worked!

How efficient the robot is!

How carelessly Mary used to do her homework!

How your teacher understands you!

Mini-talk 1

–Mom bought me a new dress as my birthday present. Would you like to see it?

–Ok! ___________________!

(to admire the pretty dress)

Mini-talk 2

–I spent the whole summer vacation practicing the piano. And I finally passed the test and got the certificate.

–Congratulations! ___________________! (to admire the speaker’s hard work.)

Mini-talk 3

A: How much is this laptop?

B: It’s the newest model. It’s 8,999 Yuan.

A: ____________________! (to complain the

expensive price)

Mini-talk 4

–Would you like to clean the dorm? This is the key.

–____________________! It’s total a mess here.

(to complain the dirty room)

Oliver TwistA: What are you doing?B: I’m reading Oliver Twist, a novel

by Charles Dickens.A: What is it about?B: It’s about Oliver, an orphan.

When he was born, both his parents died. No one loved him. He had to work long hours and only ate little food in a workhouse. He and his workmates were always hungry.

A: __________________! (Say something about Oliver’s life.) Did he ask for more food?

Oliver TwistB: Yes. But Mr. Bumble, the owner was very

angry about it. He shut Oliver in a cold, dark room and beat him everyday.

A: _________________! (Say something about Mr. Bumble.) What happened next?

B: Oliver was sent to a coffin shop. He still lived a painful life there and decided to run away.

A: _________________! (Say something about Oliver.) Did he succeed?

B: Yes. He went to London for a new life.A: _________________! (Say something about

your feeling.) Did he live a better life there?B: I don’t know. I’ve just read the beginni

ng.

Say Goodbye to Harry Potter

Discussion Think about the following questions and communicat

e with your group members. Each may select 2~3 questions. Did you see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this summe

r vacation? How did Harry finally beat the Dark Lord Voldemort? How did you like the end of the story? Are you a fan of the Harry Potter series? Do you remember how you felt when you first watched a Harr

y Potter movie? Amazed, excited or thrilled. Are you crazy about the superpower, interesting spells, Quiddi

tch—the Wizarding sport and Hogwarts—the magic school? How do you like the adventures Harry and his friends had? Who is your favourite character? Harry and his true friends, h

is beloved teachers or someone else? How does Harry Potter change your life?

The Interview As the last Harry Potter movie is out this

summer, and we all know the ending. We still can't let him go, can we? What do people think of the movie and how do they feel about the farewell to Harry Potters. Let’s ask some students about their feelings.

Journalist: ……Student: ……Journalist ……Student: ……