一、教学目标
通过本章学习，使学生了解谓语的概念、用法，从而减少学生在使用中的错误。
二、教学重点和难点
在谓语的结构中，某些实义动词兼作连系动词的用法；时态、语态及语气。
三、教学方法
Teacher
1．What is the predicate?
First analyse the following sentences.
A．Tom wrote a letter this morning.
B．She is an honest girl.
在B句中，我们把“she”称为主语，把“is an honest girl”称为谓语部分，只说“她”，不知她是谁，她怎样了；而只说是个诚实的姑娘，又不知谁是个诚实的姑娘，这与A句是一样的。
2．The predicate must contain a finite verb. And we call it the predicate verb.
3．Commonly a predicate must not have more than one finite verb, unless they are
co-ordinated ones. In the sentence, Mrs Green is the subject, went, bought and visited are co-ordinated predicates.
4．中国学生常见的错误之一是在一个句子中，用数个动词，但又没能按规则使它们成为并列关系。
A句改成：I came here and learned English.
B句改成：He will get up early and go to school with you.
5．Another mistake that Chinese students often make is that they write a sentence according to Chinese habit.
A．This year I eighteen years old.
B．The film very interesting.
6．系动词在英语中分两大类。一类是be动词，后边跟名词、副词、形容词、介词短语、现在分词、过去分词、动名词及从句作表语。
A．Xiao Ming is a teacher.
B．John is out.
C．He is tall.
D．They are in the room.
E．The news is exciting.
F．He is tired.
G．My work is teaching English.
H．The fact is that you made some spelling mistakes this time.
另一类系动词本身既是个行为动词同时又是个系动词。作为行为动词时，他们与其他行为动词一样，若是个及物动词后边要有宾语，若是个不及物动词，后边往往跟状语。这些既是行为动词又是系动词的词有：get, go, grow, fall, turn, prove, remain, keep, stay, sound, taste, smell, look, appear等。
get
A．We got there at 6:00 A. M.（到达）
B．Can you get a couple of tickets for the concert? （找，得到）
go
A．I'm going to town.（进城）
B．He has gone abroad for further education.（去，走）
grow
A．We grow rice in South China.（种植）
fall
A．Be careful not to fall down. （跌倒）
B．The leaves fell to the ground.（飘落）
turn
A．He turned to me for help.（转向）
B．Turn to P.40, please.（翻到）
prove
A．I'll prove to you that the letter is poorly written.（证明）
remain
A．Because of the noise, the rich have left, but the poor will have to remain there.（留下）
keep
A．How long have you kept the picture? （保存）
B．He kept talking.（持续，一直）
stay
A．I stayed at a hotel while in New York．（逗留）
sound
He sounded the alarm by ringing the bell.（发出警报）
taste
Let me taste the dish you cooked.（烹任）
smell
The camels can smell the water a mile off. （嗅）
look
Look, there comes the bus.（看）
appear
The famous singer appeared on TV again.（出现）
feel
A．I felt my heart beating hard.
B．Let me feel your forehead. You are running a high temperature.
7．His dream has come true.“他的梦想成真”，是个系表结构的句子，但在使用中也常常只与true连用。因此不带有普遍规律。
8．When we talk about the predicate, certainly we'll come to another topic, that is “Tense”.
Students
1．Each sentence is divided into two parts. The first part is called the subject. The second part is called the predicate.
In sentence A, if I only say“Tom”, you are sure to ask“What about Tom?”And if I say“wrote a letter yesterday, ”of course you will ask“Who wrote a letter?”
2．在一个句子中必须有主语和谓语，谓语由动词构成。
3．＇91 高考中有这样一道题：On Saturday afternoon, Mrs Green went to the market, bought some bananas and visited her cousin.
怎样分析理解此句的主语与谓语？
4．We students often write English sentences like this:
A．I came here learn English.
B．He will get up early go to school with you.
Are these sentences right or wrong?
5．Sentence A and B are short of verb “be”.
A should be written like this:
This year I am eighteen years old.
B should be written like this:
The film is very interesting.
6．在英语中我们常说到系动词，在使用中要注意些什么？
A句中teacher表示主语的身份。
B句中out表示主语的位置。
C句中tall表示主语的样子。
D句中in the room表示主语的位置。
E句中exciting表示主语的特点。
F句中tired表示主语的状况、样子。
G句中teaching English 表示主语的内容。
H句中that引导的从句表示主语的内容。