1. Colour Vocabulary & Grammar (I) Unit 2 by Bao Feng Wuxi Big Bridge Experimental High School

2. ? Colours can affect our moods. ? How many colours can you see? calm contented energetic strong satisfied lively relaxed powerful Synonyms Synonyms are words that mean the same or nearly the same thing.

3. Game 1: Form synonyms. 1happiness 2strong 3sad 4satisfied 5energetic 6calm joy o e c t e n t n d a p h y n u p r f u e p w o l l e y i v l y j o d e a x e l r powerful contented lively unhappy relaxed

4. Game 2: A synonym wheel.

5. Which game do you prefer? I prefer Game 2 to Game 1.

6. prefer … to … At the clothes shop black dress red dress colourful dress white dress

7. At the clothes shop prefer … to … sports bag school bag green T-shirt yellow T-shirt

8. At the clothes shop sleep go out prefer doing … to doing … stay at home go shopping

9. Let’s work out the rules! 1. e.g. Eddie prefers sleeping to going out. We can use ‘_______’ (to do, doing) or ‘_______’ (nouns, adjectives) after ‘prefer’ and ‘to’. 2. e.g. I prefer eating Chinese food to (eating) Western food. We can omit the 2nd verb when it is the same as the first one. 3. e.g. I prefer to eat Chinese food. If we only want to talk about the thing we would like to do, we can just use ‘prefer to do …’. e.g. I prefer to paint the sky blue. prefer … to … doing nouns Western food. We prefer Game 2 to Game 1.

10. I prefer to paint …. I would rather paint it … than paint it ….

11. play football go swimming Daniel’s father What do Daniel’s family like to do? would rather do … than do …

12. cook noodles make a cake Daniel’s mother What do Daniel’s family like to do?

13. shop in a street market shop in a supermarket Daniel’s grandparents What do Daniel’s family like to do?

14. cook noodles make a cake Daniel’s mother shop in a street market shop in a supermarket Daniel’s grandparents A: What does/do … like to do? B: I think she/they would rather …. A: Yes, you’re right. Congratulations! / Sorry, you’re wrong. She/They would rather … than ….

15. would than go shopping shop have than

16. Let’s work out the rules! 1. e.g. Amy would rather have pizza than have noodles. We use ‘_______’ (to do, do) after ‘would rather’ and ‘than’. 2. e.g. I would rather wear trousers than (wear) a skirt. We can omit the 2nd verb when it is the same as the first one. 3. e.g. I’d rather wear trousers than a skirt. I would rather … = I’d rather … 4. e.g. I would rather wear trousers. If we only want to talk about the thing we would like to do, we can just use ‘would rather do …’. would rather … than … do a skirt.

17. Let’s compare the rules! would rather … than … prefer + n. to + n. prefer + -ing to + -ing would rather + v. than + v. We can omit the second verb. prefer to do …would rather do … I would rather = I’d rather prefer … to …

18. Group work. Design your ideal room. G1

19. Homework. 1.Design your own bedroom and write a few sentences using ‘prefer … to …’ and ‘would rather … than …’. 2.Finish the additional exercise in the worksheet. 3.Preview Grammar (II).

20. Group work. Design your ideal room. G2

21. Group work. Design your ideal room. G3

22. Group work. Design your ideal room. G4

23. Discussion. What can we do to help the children in poor areas?

24. Complete the following sentences with the help of the given letters. Then write their synonyms in the brackets. 1 Blue can sometimes represent s. ( ) 2 Warm colours can give you a c feeling. ( ) 3 Colours can i our moods. ( ) 4 Not many people r that colours can help us in many ways. ( ) 5 We r a synonym wheel to play this game. ( ) adness ontented nfluence ealize equire unhappiness satisfied affect know need

25. the supermarket the street market Mrs. Li

26. Choose your birthday gift! I would rather choose … than (choose) …

27. Millie’s dream sitting room Millie would rather paint the wall white than green.

28. would than go shopping shop have than

29. would rather do … than do …