湖南省茶陵县高中英语Unit3Tomorrow’sWorldWordpower课件牛津译林版必修42.pptVIP

* Unit 3 Tomorrow’s world Word Power Forming abstract nouns from verbs and adjectives Words related to computers and the Internet Compare the following two groups of words. Tell us the part of the speech of each word and then think about the similarities and the differences between the two group. Group 1: house, milk, driver, game Group 2: revision, preparation, decision, difference All the words are nouns, but words in Group 1 refer to physical things and words in Group 2 refer to ideas, actions and qualities. These words are called abstract nouns. An abstract noun is a noun that refers to an idea, an action, a general quality or something that we cannot see or touch directly. Most abstract nouns are uncountable. Only a few of them are countable, e.g. a hope, an idea, and a situation. Abstract nouns Can you think more abstract words? revision, direction, decision, preparation, argument, happiness, judgment, civilization, dependence, difference, assistance, pleasure, loyalty, humility, cruelty, action, failure… Try to find the rules of forming abstract nouns from verbs and adjectives. We can form abstract nouns from some verbs and adjectives by adding suffixes. -ity reality -ness illness -ty loyalty Suffix Adjectives Nouns loyal ill 1. adjectives → abstract nouns real 即时练习： 1.Thanks to his ________ we are all saved, and all of us think he is such a _____ person. (kind; kindness) 2.The man carried the boy to ______ as the train come over, and the boy was ____ at last. (safe; safety) kindness kind safety safe + ence dependence + ance perform + ure failure train training Suffix Verbs Nouns 2. verbs → abstract nouns depend performance fail + ing Suffix Verbs Nouns + ation information + ion discuss move movement + ment discussion inform 1. When Julia _____ in the exam, her mother told her “______ is the mother of success”. 2. Many wild animals _______________ because of pollution. We have to take some actions to prevent the ____