Adjectives before nouns We often put adjectives before the nouns they describe. Adjective 形容词 + nouns 名词 He had grey hair and black eyes. We live in a big white house.

Adjectives after verbs We often put adjectives after certain verbs such as be and look. be get grow turn seem look smell sound feel taste + Adjectives 形容词

unhealthy burnt hard hot bright fresh tired Complete the following conversation with the adjectives in the box.

mother Morning! Don’t stay in bed any more. It’s a (1) _______ day! son It’s Sunday, Mum. I don’t feel like getting up. mother Why are you so (2) _______? son I stayed up last night doing my term paper. It was quite (3)_______, and I drank a lot of coffee to feel (4) _______. mother I think that’s rather (5) __________. bright tired hard fresh unhealthy

son Yes, I agree. Mum, will you please make breakfast for me? mother Sure. What do you want to eat? son I want to eat some (6) _____ food. Mum, what are you cooking in the kitchen? Something smells (7) ______. mother Oh, no. It’s the bread in the oven. hot burnt

学习句型： It is + adjective 形容词 + to do It’s exciting to read comics. 漫画书 It’s easy to draw cartoons. 漫画 The adjectives below can be used with It is and to followed by a verb. important interesting good funny possible safe

B1 John and Jane are talking about Jane’s new flat. Work in pairs. Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. difficult to fall asleep easy to get there impossible to find possible to go there nice to live safe to live

John Do you like your new flat? Jane Oh, yes. (1) It’s nice to live in it. John No complaints about it? Jane Well, sometimes it’s noisy, so (2) _____________________. John And it’s in Yuexiu, isn’t it? Jane That’s right, and (3) ____________________. it’s difficult to fall asleep it’s easy to get there

John Is it? Jane Yes. It’s near an underground station, so (4) ________________________ by underground. John Do you have good security? Jane 24 hours a day, so (5) ____________ there. John Is the building full? Yes. (6) _____________________ a flat now. it’s possible to go there it’s safe to live It’s impossible to find

学习句型： be + adjective 形容词 + to do Cartoons are easy to draw. Comics are exciting to read. The adjectives can be followed by to and a verb with a noun as a subject. We must use a be verb before the adj. dangerous difficult wonderful boring pleasant hard horrible

B2 Work in pairs. S1 asks the questions and S2 replies, using the adjectives in the box above and the verbs in the box below. Example: S1 What do you think about comics? S2 I think that they’re easy to read. understand visit listen to plant learn do watch

1. I don’t feel like getting up. (P23) 我不想起床 解析： feel like+n./ v. -ing 意为 “ 想，想要 ” 。例如： Do you feel like taking a walk after supper? 晚饭后你想散步吗？ 请用所给动词的适当形式填空。 I don’t feel well today. I don’t feel like _____ (eat). eating Language points

2. It’s nice to live in it. (P24) 住在里面感到很舒服。 解析：句型 “It’s+adj.+ to do…” 表示 “ 做 …… 怎么样 ” ，其中 it 是形式主语，不定式 to do … 是真正主语。例如： It’s difficult to study English well. 学好英语很难。 请用所给动词的适当形式填空。 It’s very important ________ (keep) healthy. to keep

单项选择。 ( )1. — Is there ____ in today’s newspaper? — Yes, our football team won the gold medal at last. A. something excitingB. anything exciting C. exciting somethingD. exciting anything ( )2. After working hard for a day he easily fell ____. A. sleptB. sleeping C. asleepD. sleep B C

( )3. It’s very kind ____ you ____ help the old man cross the busy road. A. for, to B. for, /C. of, toD. of, / ( )4. — Do you like Cantonese Opera? — Yes. It sounds ____. But it is ____ for me to learn. A. nice ； hardB. nicely ； hard C. nice ； hardlyD. nicely ； hardly ( )5. Paris is a wonderful city ____. A. visitB. visiting C. visitsD. to visit C A D