Ninth grade English (People's Education Press) notes

There are too many things to stick here. I’ll give you the first three units first, and you can ask me for the rest.

Ninth Grade English Unit 1

1. by doing means by... such as: by studying with a group

by can also mean: "beside..." , "close to", "during...", "with,"

"pass by", "ride by car", etc.

For example: I live by the river. I have to go back by ten o'clock.

The thief entered the room by the window.

The student went to park by bus.

2. talk about talk about , discussion, discussion such as: The students often talk about movie after class. The students often talk about movies after class.

talk to sb. === talk with sb. Talk to someone

3. Sentences for suggestions:

①What/ how about doing sth. ?

For example: What/ How about going shopping?

②Why don't you do sth.? Such as: Why don't you go shopping?

③Why not do sth.? Such as: Why not go shopping?

④Let's do sth. Such as: Let's go shopping

⑤Shall we/ I do sth.? Such as: Shall we/ I go shopping?

4. a lot is often used at the end of sentences, such as: I eat a lot. I eat a lot.

5. too...to is too... and cannot be commonly used in sentence patterns too adj./adv. to do sth.

For example: I'm too tired to say anything. I'm too tired to say anything. I'm tired and don't want to say anything.

6. The usage of aloud, loud and loudly

The three words are all related to "loud" or "loud".

①aloud is an adverb. The key point is that the sound can be heard, but the sound is not necessarily loud.

It is often used in reading or speaking. Usually placed after the verb. aloud has no comparative form

. For example: He read the story aloud to his son.

He read the story aloud to his son.

②loud can be used as an adjective or adverb. When used as an adverb, it is often used with verbs such as speak, talk, laugh, etc. It is mostly used in the comparative form and must be placed after the verb. Such as:

She told us to speak a little louder. She told us to speak a little louder.

③loudly is an adverb, synonymous with loud. Sometimes the two can be used interchangeably, but often

it means to be annoying or to disturb others, and can be placed before or after the verb. Such as:

He does not talk loudly or laugh loudly in public.

7. not …at all not at all as good as:

I like milk very much. I don’t like coffee at all. I like milk very much. I don't like coffee at all.

Not can often be combined with an auxiliary verb, and at all is placed at the end of the sentence

8. be / get excited about sth.=== be / get excited about doing sth.

=== be excited to do sth. be excited about... such as:

I am / get excited about going to Beijing.===

I am excited to go to Beijing. I am excited to go to Beijing.

9. ① end up doing sth to end doing something, to end doing something, such as:

The party ended up singing. The party ended with singing.

② end up with sth. End with... For example:

The party ended up with her singing. The party ended with her singing.

10. first of all

. to begin with

later on

11. also And (used in affirmative sentences) is often in the middle of the sentence

either (used in negative sentences) is often at the end of the sentence

too (used in affirmative sentences) is often at the end of the sentence

12. make mistakes Make mistakes such as: I often make mistakes. I often make mistakes.

make a mistake. For example: I have made a mistake.

I have made a mistake.

13. laugh at sb. Joke; make fun of (someone). For example: Don't laugh at me!

Don't laugh at me!

14. take notes Take notes, make records

15. enjoy doing sth. Like to do...happy to do...such as:

She enjoys playing football. She enjoys playing football.

enjoy oneself have a good time, such as: He enjoyed himself. He had a good time.

16. native speaker

17. make up

18. one of (the comparative adjective) plural noun Form...one of

For example: She is one of the most popular teachers.

She is one of the most popular teachers.

19. It's adjective (for sb.) to do sth. (for someone) to do something...

For example: It's difficult (for me) to study English.

Learning English is too difficult for me.

The "it" in the sentence is the formal subject, and the real subject is to study English

20. practice doing practice doing something such as:

She often practice speaking English. She often practices speaking English.

21. decide to do sth. decide to do something such as:

LiLei has decided to go to Beijing. Li Lei has decided to go to Beijing.

22. unless If not, unless guiding conditional adverbial clause

For example: You will fail unless you work hard.. If you don’t work hard, you will fail.

I won't write unless he writes first. Unless he writes first, I won't write.

23. deal with eg: I dealt with a lot of problem.

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24. worry about sb./ sth. Worry about someone/something

For example: Mother worried about his son just now.

Mother worried about his son just now. .

25. be angry with sb. Be angry with someone. For example:

I was angry with her. I was angry with her.

26. perhaps === maybe

27. go by (time) past For example: Two years went by. Two years went by.

28. see sb. / sth. doing See someone doing something to emphasize that it is happening

see sb. / sth. do See someone doing something such as:

For example: She saw him drawing a picture in the classroom.

She saw him drawing a picture in the classroom.

29. each other

30. regard… as… regard… as…. Such as:

The boys regarded Anna as a fool. Think of Anna as a fool.

31. too many modifies countable nouns, such as too many girls

too much modifies uncountable nouns, such as too much milk

much too too Modifying adjectives such as: much too beautiful

32. change… into…

For example: The magician changed the pen into a book.

The magician transformed the book into a book.

33. with the help of sb. == with one's help

For example: with the help of LiLei == with LiLei's help

With Li Lei’s help

34. compare … to … Compare… with…

For example: Compare you to Anna, you are lucky.

Compared with Anna, you are lucky.

35. instead is used at the end of the sentence, adverb (literally often not translated)

instead of sth. / doing sth. instead, instead of being used in the middle of the sentence, verb

For example: Last summer I went to Beijing. This year I'm going to Shanghai instead. Last summer I went to Beijing, this year I'm going to Shanghai instead.

I will go instead of you.

He stayed at home instead of going swimming.

He stayed at home instead of going swimming.

Ninth grade English Unit 2

1. used to do sth. used to do something in the past

Negative form: didn't use to do sth. / used not to do sth.

For example: He used to play football after school. He used to play football after school.

Did he use to play football? Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.

He didn’t use to smoke. He didn’t use to smoke.

2. Negative questions

①Affirmative statement + negative question such as: Lily is a student, isn't she?

Lily will go to China, won't she?

②Negative statement + affirmative question such as:

She doesn't come from China, does she?

You haven't finished homework, have you?

③Use pronouns instead of nouns in the question part. Lily is a student, isn't she?

④Words with negative meanings in declarative sentences, such as: little, few, never, nothing, hardly, etc. Use the affirmative form for its rhetorical questions. Such as:

He knows little English, does he? He knows little English, does he?

They hardly understood it, did they? They hardly understood it, did they?

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4. ①be interested in sth. interested in...

②be interested in doing sth. interested in doing...

For example: He is interested in math, but he isn't interested in speaking

English. He is interested in math, but he isn't interested in speaking English.

5. interested adj. Interested means that a person is interested in something, often the subject is a person.

interesting adj. Interesting means that something/someone is interesting. The subject is often a thing

6. Still still, still

Used after the verb to be, such as: I'm still a student.

Used in action verbs For example: I still love him.

7. the dark, night, darkness

8. Be afraid of... be terrified of sth. For example: I am terrified of the dog .

be terrified of doing sth. For example: I am terrified of speaking.

9. on adverb, indicating that (lights, televisions, machinery, etc.) are running/open,

The antonym of off. with the light on is on

10. walk to somewhere walk to school walk to school

11. spend verb , meaning "spend money and time"

①spend…on sth. Spend (money, time) on something

②spend…doing sth. Spend (money, time) to do it Something like:

He spends too much time on clothes. He spends too much time on clothes.

He spends 3 months building the bridge. this bridge.

Pay for

For example: I pay 10 yuan for the book. I paid 10 yuan for the book.

12. The verb take means "to spend". Commonly used structures are:

take sb. … to do sth. For example: It takes me a day to read the book.

take … to do sth.

13. chat with sb. Chat with someone, such as: I like to chat with him.

I like to chat with him. .

14. worry about sb./sth. worry about someone/something worried is a verb

be worried about sb./sth. worry about someone/something worried is an adjective

For example: Don't worry about him. Don't worry about him.

Mother is worried about her son. Mother is worried about her son.

15. all the time always, always

16. take sb. to place send/take someone to a certain place such as:

A person took him to the hospital. A man took him to the hospital.

Lui took me home.

(To cannot be used before home)

17. hardly adv. almost not, none

hardly ever rarely

hardly is usually placed when modifying a verb. After auxiliary verbs and modal verbs, real meaning

Before verbs auxiliary verbs/modal verbs + hardly

hardly real meaning verbs such as:

I can hardly understand them. I can hardly understand them. Can't understand them.

I hardly have time to do it.

18. miss v. miss, miss, miss

19. in the last few years. In the past few years, it is often used with the perfect tense, such as:

I have lived in China in the last few years.

I have lived in China in the past few years.

20. be different from

21. how to swim

The infinitive is used with question words: the infinitive of the verb can be used with what, Which, how, where, when and other leading interrogative sentences are used together to form indefinite phrases. Such as:

The question is when to start. The question is when to start.

I don’t know where to go. I don’t know where to go.

22. make sb./ sth. adjective make you happy

make sb./ sth. verb original form make him laugh

23. move to place move To a certain place, such as: I moved to Beijing last year.

24. it seems that clause seems like... Such as:

It seems that he has changed a lot. He seems to have changed a lot.

25. help sb. with sth. Help someone with something

help sb. (to ) do sth. Help someone with something

She helped me with English. She helped me learn English.

She helped me (to) study English. She helps me learn English.

26. fifteen-year-old as an adjective 15 years old

fifteen-year-olds as a noun refers to a person who is 15 years old

fifteen years old refers to age 15-year-olds like to sing. 15-year-olds like to sing. 15-year-olds like to sing.

I am fifteen years old. I am fifteen years old.

27. Can't /couldn't afford to do sth.

can't / couldn't afford sth.

If ：I can't/couldn't afford to buy the car.

I can't/couldn't afford the car. I can't/couldn't afford the car.

28. as adjective./adverb + as sb. could/can do the best of someone’s ability. For example:

Zhou run as fast as her could/can. She did her best as fast as she could/can. The ability to run.

29. get into trouble with

30. in the end

31. make a decision

32. to one's surprise to surprise someone such as:

to their surprise to LiLei's surprise to Li Lei's surprise

33. take pride in sth. to... Pride, such as:

His father always take pride in him. His father always takes pride in him.

34. pay attention to sth. Pay attention to, pay attention to, such as:

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You must pay attention to your friend. You should pay more attention to your friend.

35. be able to do sth. be able to do something. For example:

She is able to do it. She can do it.

36. give up doing sth. Give up doing something. For example:

My father has given up smoking. My father has given up smoking.

37. No more ① no more == no longer Such as:

I play tennis no more/ longer. I no longer play tennis.

②not …any more == not …any longer For example:

I don’t play tennis any more/longer. I don’t play tennis any more/longer.

38. go to sleep

Nineth Grade English Unit 3

1. Voice:

① There are two voices in English : Active voice and complementary voice

Active voice indicates that the subject is the performer of the action

Passive voice indicates that the subject is the recipient of the action

Cats eat fish. (active voice) The cat eats fish.

Fish is eaten by cats. (Passive voice) Fish is eaten by cats.

②The composition of passive voice

It is composed of "auxiliary verb be + past participle of transitive verb"

The auxiliary verb be has person, number and tense The rules of change are exactly the same as when be is used as a linking verb.

Examples of tense passive voice structures

Simple present am am

are past participle

is English is spoken in many countries.

Simple past tense was past participle

were past participle This bridge was built in 1989.

Modal

Verb can/should

may be past participle

must/…… The work must be done right now.

③Usage of passive voice

When We should use the passive voice when we do not know who is the performer of the action, or there is no need to point out who is the performer of the action, or when we only need to emphasize the recipient of the action.

2. allow sb. to do sth. Allow someone to do something (active voice) such as:

Mother allows me to watch TV every night. Mother allows me to watch TV every night. watch TV.

be allowed to do sth. Be allowed to do something (passive voice) such as:

LiLy is allowed to go to Qinzhou. LiLy is allowed to go to Qinzhou.

3. get their ears pierced pierced ears

Let/make (others) do something get sth. done (past participle)

have sth. done For example:

I get my car made. == I have my car made. I let others fix my car

4. enough enough

adjective +enough, such as: beautiful enough, beautiful enough

enough+noun, such as: enough food, enough food

enough to, enough to do..., such as:

I have enough money to go to Beijing. I have enough money to go to Beijing.

She is old enough to go to school. She is old enough to go to school.

5. stop doing sth. Please stop speaking. Please stop speaking.

stop to do sth. Stop to do something. Please stop to speak.

Please stop to speak.

6. seem to do sth. = it seems that clause

He seems to feel very sad.

It seems that he He feels very sad. He looks very sad.

7. Coupling verbs cannot serve as predicates independently, but must form predicates together with predicates. Commonly used linking verbs are: look, feel, be, become, get, turn, smell, taste, stay (keep), kept, etc.

Coupling verbs are generally connected to adjectives, except for a few words such as be and become that can be connected to nouns as predicates. Such as:

They are very happy. He became a doctor two years ago. She felt very tired.

8. Inverted sentence:

With so + auxiliary verb (be/do/will/have)/modal verb + subject means: ...the same

She is a student. So am I. She is a student, so am I.

She went to school just now. So did I . She has finished the work. So have I . Also done.

She will go to school. So will he.

9. Yet is still commonly used in negative sentences or questions.

10. Stay up. Stay up late, such as: I often stay up until 12:00pm. I often stay up until 12:00pm.

11. clean up clean up such as:

I have cleaned up the bedroom. I have cleaned up the bedroom.

12. Adverbs of degree:

always usually often sometimes never

For example: I am always/usually/sometimes/never late for school .

I am always/often/sometimes/never late for school.

13. Have done something:

Do you ever get to school late? Yes, I do. No, I don't.

Have you ever got to school late? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.

14. go shopping, go fishing, go swimming, go boating (go boating), go hiking (go mountain climbing), go trekking (go hiking)

15. be strict with sb. Be strict with someone such as:

Mother is strict with her son. The mother is very strict with her son.

16. take the test

pass the test

fail a test

17. the other day A few days ago

18. agree agree with the antonym disagree disagree with the verb

agreement agree with the antonym disagreement disagree with the noun

18. keep sb/ sth. + adjective makes Someone/something keeps…. Such as:

We should keep our city clean. We should keep our city clean.

19. both…and… plural form of verb

For example: Both Jim and Li Ming play bastketball.

20. learn (sth.) from sb. Who (what) to learn from. For example:

Jim learned English from his English teacher. Jim learned English from his English teacher.

21. have an opportunity to do sth. have an opportunity to do sth. something

have a chance of doing sth. have a chance to do something

For example: I have an opportunity to go to Beijing. I have a chance of going to Beijing.

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22. at present

23. at least least at most most

24. spend take, cost, spend, pay

sth . take (sb.) time to do sth. It took (me) 10days to read the book.

sth. cost (sb.) …… The book cost (me) 100yuan.

sb. spend … on sth. She spent 10days on this book.

sb. spend …doing sth. She spent 10days reading this book.

sb. pay … for sth. She paid 10yuan for this book.

25. have time period off vacation, rest such as: have 2 days off

26. reply to reply to someone such as: She replayed to MrGreen.

27. agree with sth. Agree with something, such as: I agree with that idea.

agree to sb. Agree with someone's opinion, such as: I agree to LiLei.

28. get in the way of, hinder, such as:

Her social life got in the way of her studies. Her social life got in the way of her studies.

29. success n. succeed v. successful adj. successfully adv.

30. The difference between think about and think of

①When the two are translated as : When thinking, thinking about, and remembering, the two can be used interchangeably

I often think about/ of that day. I often think about that day.

②think about also means "to consider", and think of cannot be used interchangeably when thinking of and coming up with.

At last, he thought of a good idea. Finally he thought of it. Got a good idea.

We are thinking about going Qinzhou. We are thinking about going to Qinzhou.

31. Passionate about..., interested in...

be serious about doing. For example: She is serious about dancing. She is keen on dancing.

be serious about sth. For example: She is serious about him. She is interested in him.

32. practice doing Practice doing something She often practice speaking English.

33. care about sb. Care about someone such as: Mother often care about her son.

34. also is also used in the middle of a sentence

either is also used in negative sentences and at the end of the sentence

too is also used in affirmative sentences and at the end of the sentence

I am also a student. I am also a student

I am a student too. I am also a student.

I am not a student either. I am not a student either.