Unit 3 Grammar: The use of

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Unit 3 GrammarThe use of it

• -----By Chenghongtao

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Read and analyze the following sentences.

• S1. What is this? It is a cellphone.
• S2. What is that? It is his dictionary.
• S3. Whose book is this? It is Mr Chengs.
• S4. Where is your English book? It is here.
• S5. My cat is missing, I cant find it anywhere.
• Question What does it in these sentences refer
  to?
• Draw a conclusion it ---??? ______
• ????????,??___________________
• ?????????_____ ?______.

Pron.
???????.
that.
this.
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Read and analyze the following sentences.
Date

• It is Friday today.
• It was very cold last Monday.
• It is about 830 now.
• It is about 25km from Longxian to Bazi.
• It lies in the south of Shaoguan city.
• It is 40C ! You got a high fever!
• Question What does it in these sentences refer
  to?
• Conclusion it ?????????,??_____,
• _____,______,______,______,______, ??

weather
time
distance
place
Temperature
??
??
??
??
??
??
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Read and analyze the following sentences.

• It is obvious that the water was to blame.
• It is true that he will treat me for breakfast
  tomorrow.
• It is certain that our class will do a good job
  in the final exam.
• Is it possible that he will become the chairman
  of our country?
• It is amazing that at my age I still look like a
  student!
• ??it?______ ,????????____________

????
that???????
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??????????????

• It is clear /obvious /true /possible /certain
  /amazing/ridiculous? that??.
• ???????it?????????????????
• ???????????,?????????

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????1It is adj. that??

• ???????????????
• ??,?????????????(sheep voice)
• ????????????????
• ??????????????(playoffs)

It is obvious that he has known the bad news.
It is true that I dont like her sheep voice at
all.
It is certain that Yaoming plays basketball
better than Yijianlian.
It is possible that Rockets cant enter the
playoffs.
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?????????????

• 1.It was urgent that he _________ her
  immediately.
• A. calls B. called C. call D. would call
• 2.It is strange that such a thing ___ in your
  school.
• A.  will happen  B.  happens 
• C.  should happen   D.  happened

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Its necessary/strange/natural/ important/pity/no
wonder/impossible that Clause ??????????,
?(should)????
It is strange that_______________________. ???????
,????? It is a great pity that___________________
. ???????,??????? It is natural
that___________________________. ????????????
It is necessary that___________________________.
???????????
he ( should ) say so
he ( should ) think so
a bird ( should ) rest in trees
he be sent to Beijing right away
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????

• It is necessary/strange/natural/
  important/pity/no wonder/impossible that?? ?
  It is clear /obvious /true /possible /certain
  /amazing/ridiculous? that??
• ???????

??????that????????????(should)V?,??????????????
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????2

• ?????????????????
• ???????????????
• ??????????????,???????
• ??????????????

It is important that you should spend some time
learning English every day.
It is strange that he should take so much money
with him today.
It is amazing that Yuanlongping often goes
swimming and swims fast.
It is necessary that you should ask your teacher
for some advice.
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??????it??????????

• 1.It is clear /obvious /true /possible /certain
  /amazing/ridiculous? that??
• 2.It is necessary/strange/natural/
  important/pity/no wonder/impossible that??
• ?????

That??????????
That??????????
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Read and analyze the following sentences.

• S1.It is not easy to stop smoking. (Text, web
  page, line 1)
• S2.It was difficult to quit. (Text, letter, line
  19)
• ?S1?S2?,it????_________, ?????_____________.
• S3.It is no good crying over spilt milk.
• S4.It is no use casting pearls before swine .
• ?S3?S4?,it????_________, ?????_____________.??????
  
• It is no use/no good/not any good/not any use
  doing sth.

????
?????
????
?????
??????
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????3

• ????????????????
• ???????????
• ?????????????
• ??????????????

It is impossible to finish the task in an hour.
It takes long time to learn English well.
It is difficult for me to answer this question.
It is a pity that you did not take part in the
party.
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??it ?????

• It???????????,???????______?????????,????______??_
  ________?????

that
???
???
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Read and analyze the following sentences.

• S1.A mouse barked like a dog and drove a cat away
  , so he said to his son I think it important
  to learn a foreign language.
• S2.We think it our duty to clean our classroom
  every day.
• ??S1?S2????it?____________,?????___________.
• ???6123?????????

????
?????
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6123??

• We think it our duty to clean our classroom every
  day.
• I believe it important keeping notes.
• He found it difficult that he would finish the
  task in an hour.
• 6---?????6???---think, believe, make, find,
  consider, feel.
• 1---????it
• 2---???it???????,?????,????????
• 3---???????????????????that????????

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????4.???????

• dont you think/useful/to learn a foreign
  language/
• we think/ necessary/to practice oral
  English/every day/

Dont you think it useful to learn a foreign
language?
We think it necessary to practice oral English
every day.
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• the students/ consider/no use/reading aloud/in
  the morning/
• he made/ certain/ she had gone abroad/

The students consider it no use reading aloud in
the morning.
He made it certain that she had gone abroad.
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????

• Eg. I think it difficult that I have to get up
  at 4 a.m.
• ???????????????????
• We think it our duty to make our hometown more
  beautiful.
• ??????????????

I think it very strange that he goes for a walk
almost every night.
She thought it no good worrying about him.
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Homework

• ??,P41 ????,?????????????