1. The application of non-finite verbs as adverbial
by Yu Xinhui from Mingde high school

2. The distribution 65 定语 状语 35 补语 23 17 其它（主宾表） non-finite verbs used as
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non-finite verbs used as
adverbial

3. non-finite verbs used as adverbial Writing Reading Multiple choice
questions
Reading

4. non-finite verbs used as adverbial

5. Let’s have a revision
目的状语，通常用不定式，意料之外结果only/just/never to do
(2014 湖南, 35) ____ ourselves from the Physical and mental tensions, we each need deep thought
and inner quietness.
A. Having freed B. Freed
C. To free D. Freeing
结果：
only/just/never to do
2.(2014 天津, 5) Anxiously, she took the dress out of the package and tried it on, only____ it didn’t fit.
A. to find B. found
C. finding D. having found

6. Let’s have a revision
强调动作发生在主句谓语动作之前，通常用完成式
3.(2013 课标, 5) I got to the office earlier that day, ____ the 7:30 train from Paddington.
A. caught B. to have caught
C. to catch D. having caught
4. The glass doors have taken the place of the
wooden ones at the entrance, _____ in the natural
light during the day.
A. to let B. letting C. let D. having let

7. Let’s have a revision
有被动意义时，通常用过去分词; 过去分词形式不一定表被动
5.(2012 湖南,23) Time, ____ correctly, is money in the bank.
A. to use B. used
C. using D. use
be faced with
be based on
be devoted to
Be lost in …
6.Faced with a sudden job loss, _____.
A. John considered it an opportunity for a new start
B. the boss has given John an extra job
C. an extra job has been taken
D. an extra job has been given to John
Faced with

8. Let’s have a revision 7. ____ the dirty clothes, the girl hung
主语和主句的主语不一致,通常使用独立主格结构
7. ____ the dirty clothes, the girl hung
them up outside.
The dirty clothes ____ , the girl hung them up outside .
A. was washed B. washed
C. were washed D. having washed

9. Let’s have a revision Judging from/ by
通常使用独立分词在句首作状语
Judging from/ by
8. _________________ his accent, he is from the south.
9. ___________________________ your health, you’d better have a rest.
10. ______________________, I am a little tired.
Considering /Given / Seeing
To tell you the truth

10. 一般来说, 坦白地说, 根据…来判断, 考虑到…, 假使，如果, 说实话, 使事情更糟糕的是,
独立成分作状语：
Generally speaking,
Frankly speaking,
Judging from/by,
Considering../
/Given/ Seeing,
Taking…into consideration
Supposing,
Providing/Provided that,
Assuming,
To tell you the truth,
To make things worse,
一般来说, 坦白地说, 根据…来判断, 考虑到…, 假使，如果, 说实话, 使事情更糟糕的是,

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12. Let’s read (2014衡阳八中)…To understand how animals should To
Clear logical relationship----purpose
(2014衡阳八中)…To understand how animals should
be treated, we need to better understand their emotional
lives,” Mike Mendl said… …
4. Mike Mendl advised people to better understand
animal’s emotions in order to ____.
A. Tell people to build more protected areas for animals
B. explain animals should be regarded as people’s friends.
C. raise people’s interest in studying animals.
D. make people know how to treat animals properly . To
purpose
In order to

13. Let’s read
Clear logical relationship----result
(2014全国I)…Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries
described flocks so large that they darkened the sky for hours. It
was calculated that when its population reached its highest point,
there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons– a number equal
to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the USA, making it
perhaps the most abundant bird in the world… …
4. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons ____.
A. were the biggest bird in the world.
B. lived mainly in the south of America.
C. did great harm to the natural environment.
D. were the largest bird population in the US. .
result

14. Let’s read (2014师大附中)…CRTs have a high lead content and
Clear logical relationship----condition
(2014师大附中)…CRTs have a high lead content and
Can be environmentally hazardous if not recycled properly
If crushed and put in landfills, the lead from CRTs could
seep into groundwater and rivers, harming the water
supply… …
4. What does the underlined word ”hazardous” in para5
Most probably mean____?
A. Risky B. Helpless.
C. Extreme D. Unnecessary .
If not recycled
If crushed and put
condition

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16. Let’s write Game time Guess who (what) they are
according to the information

17. Let’s write
Though he has experienced numerous difficulties and drawbacks, he never gives up and was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature.
Having experienced

18. Let’s write If I were given another chance ,
I would like to tell the girl, “I love
you.”…
Given one more chance

19. Let’s write As some of the students were
addicted to the play directed by Zheng
xiaolong in winter vacation, we failed to
finish the assignment as we were told to.
Addicted to the play directed by Zheng xiaolong in winter vacation,

20. Let’s write In order that he can prove his saying To prove his saying
“genius is one percent inspiration and
ninety-nine percent perspiration," he
worked hard and he made it at last.
To prove his saying

21. Upgrading your writing
Though he has experienced numerous difficulties and
drawbacks, he never gives up and was awarded Nobel Prize
in Literature.
If I were given another chance ,I would like to tell the girl, “I
Love you.”…
As some of the students were addicted to the play directed by
Zheng xiaolong in winter vacation, we failed to finish the
assignment as we were told to.
In order that he can prove his saying “genius is one
percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration,"
he worked hard and he made it at last.
Having experienced
Given one more chance
Addicted to the play directed by Zheng xiaolong … …
To prove his saying

22. Story show The hare shot ahead 4.______ (run) briskly for some
One day 1.______(see) a tortoise walking slowly along , a hare began to laugh. 2. _____________ (tease him), the hare anxiously challenged the tortoise to a race and the tortoise accepted. 3. _____________(agree) on a route, they started off the race.
seeing
Story show
To tease him
After agreeing
The hare shot ahead 4.______ (run) briskly for some
time. Then 5._____(see)that he was far ahead of the
tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time
and relax before continuing the race. He sat under the
tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise, 6._______ (plod)
on, overtook him and finished the race. 7. _________
(defeat) heavily, the hare embarrassed his head.
running
seeing
plodding
Defeated

23. The application of Reading Writing non-finite verbs as adverbial
Basic usages&
strategies
Multiple
choice questions
Reading
Writing
Clear logical
relationships
Better
expressions

24. Homework 1. Finish the exercise on your guiding paper.
2. Do further research on other application of
non-finite as adverbial, for example, in Cloze
Test part.

25. May you succeed
Thank you