Word knowledge points in unit 7 of the first volume of seventh-grade English published by the People's Education Press

Unit 7 What does he look like?

Editor: Zhao Jicun Editor: Wang Hongyan

Target cognition

Key words and phrases ：

tall thin heavy build like always captain team popular joke never

brown person glasses look remember singer nobody look like curly hair straight

hair medium height medium build a little bit pop singer go shopping stop doing

something play chess

Key sentence patterns:

1. She is of medium build, and she has long hair .

She is of medium build and has long hair.

2. She always wears a red dress and a pair of white shoes.

She always wears a red dress and a pair of white shoes.

3. Wang Lin is very popular.

Wang Lin is very popular.

4. Xu Qian loves to tell jokes.

Xu Qian loves to tell jokes.

5. She never stops talking.

She always talks non-stop.

6. Do you remember Johnny Dean, the pop singer with funny glasses and long curly hair?

Do you remember Johnny Dean, the pop singer with funny glasses and long curly hair?

Johnny Dean?

7. "I don't think he's so great," says Ruth from New York "But my mom does."

"I don't think he's so great," says Ruth from New York Ruth said, "But my mother likes it."

Grammar:

ⅠUsage of the verb have

ⅡDescribing a person's appearance

Daily Phrases:

1. -What does your friend look like? What does your friend look like?

　 - He is tall and he has brown hair. He is tall and has brown hair.

2. -What does he look like? What does he look like?

　 - He is of medium build. He is of medium build.

Exquisite teaching and skillful practice

1. What does your friend look like?

What does your friend look like?

Instructions 1

What+do/does+subject+look like? This sentence pattern is used to ask about someone's physical characteristics. It means "How does someone look?". The answer to this sentence is often "subject + be + adjective" or "subject + have/has + noun". to answer.

For example: -What does your father look like? How does your father look like?

　　-He is short and thin. He is short and thin.

Point 2

The verb phrase look like means "look like", and like is a preposition meaning "like". In addition, like can also be used as a verb to express "like".

For example: My little brother likes swimming. My little brother likes swimming.

　You look like your father. You look like your father.

Note: "What is...like?" is asking "what kind of person someone is." It’s asking about someone’s inner character.

— What is your sister like? What kind of person is your sister?

— She is kind and clever.

Practice at any time

Test example—What does your father look like?

— He ______ short hair and big eyes.

A . is　B. are　C. has　D. have

Answer and analysis The answer is C. The question sentence at the beginning of this dialogue is to ask someone how they look. The answer to this sentence can be "subject + be + adjective" or "subject + have/has + noun". Hair and eyes in the sentences later in the conversation are nouns, so we use has.

2. She always wears a red dress and white shoes.

She always wears a red dress and white shoes.

Point 1

always is an adverb that expresses frequency. It means "always, always". It is generally used to modify verbs, often using the simple present tense of the verb. For example:

The sun always rises in the east. The sun always rises in the east.

Point 2

Distinguish between Wear, put on and have on

When wear means "wear, wear", it emphasizes the state of wearing.

For example: My mother is wearing her pink dress. My mother is wearing a pink dress.

Put on means "put on, put on", indicating an action completed in an instant, and cannot be used with an adverbial expression indicating a period of time.

For example: She put on her coat and went out. She put on her coat and went out.

Have on means "wearing, wearing" and are synonymous with wear, which refers to the state of wearing. It can be followed by nouns indicating clothes, hats, and shoes.

Practice at any time

Test example: His mother always _______ glasses.

A. put B. wear C. puts D. wears

Answer and analysis D. This sentence is to examine the different uses of verbs that mean "wear, wear". Put means the action of "wearing", and wear means the state of "wearing". The meaning of this sentence is to use the verb wear to mean "always wearing glasses". The subject is the third person singular, so the verb wears is used.

3. He is of medium build.

He is of medium build.

Click 1

He is of medium build / height.= He has a medium build/ height. The two sentences have the same meaning, but the emphasis is different

" "be of noun" structure indicates the characteristics and properties of people or things, which is equivalent to "be is an adjective indicating the characteristics and properties of people or things". For example:

It is of great importance for us = It is important for. us

It is important to us.

He has a medium build/height. Indicates that he has a medium build or height, focusing on the current situation.

Point 2

Build as a noun means "physical structure, body shape". For example:

a man of strong build A person with a strong physique

Build as a verb means "to build, build, build" For example:

We are building a house.

We are building a house.

Practice at any time

Test example She ______ of medium height with short hair

A. is　B. has　C. does　 D. have

Answer and analysis A. The sentence means "She is of medium height and has short hair." This sentence conforms to the usage of the "be of noun" structure, so choose A.

4. She ’s good-looking but she ’s a little bit quiet.

She is a bit quiet.

Dial 1

a little bit, the difference between a bit and a little

When used as an adverbial to express "a little, a little", the three can be used interchangeably. But a little bit is slightly weaker than the latter two.

For example: Today is a little bit/ a bit / a little hot. Today is a little hot.

A bit plus of can modify uncountable nouns in the same way as a little, for example:

He only has a little / a bit of money. He only has a little money.

Practice at any time

Exam The new student is ______ shy.

A. a little bit B. little C. a bit of D. bit

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Answer and analysis A. a little bit is equal to a little and a bit can modify adjectives. a bit of can only modify uncountable nouns.

Neither little nor bit can modify adjectives. The space in this question is followed by the adjective shy, so choose A.

5. Xu Qian loves to tell jokes.

Xu Qian likes to tell jokes.

Point 1

joke means "joke, joke" when used as a noun. Phrases often formed include:

tell a joke /tell jokes tell a joke

play a joke with sb. joke with...

play a joke on sb . Make fun of...

For example: He often tell jokes to us. He often tells jokes to us.

Don’t play jokes on the old man. Don’t play jokes on the old man.

Tips 2

Love is a verb, which can be followed directly by a noun or pronoun object, which means "like, hobby".

For example: My sister loves music very much. My sister loves music very much.

Love is used as a verb, followed by an infinitive, that is, to do is used as an object.

Mike loves to play chess. Mike loves to play chess.

Love is stronger than like in the degree of liking. When talking about liking, like is more commonly used than love.

For example: He likes me, but he doesn’t love me. He likes me, but he doesn’t love me.

Practice at any time

Test example The young man isn't good at _______ jokes.

　　A. speaking　　B. telling　C. to talk　　D. talk

Answer and analysis B. The meaning of the sentence is "This young man is not good at telling jokes." "tell jokes" means "telling jokes." The gerund form of the verb should be used after the preposition at, so B is chosen.

6. Wang Lin is very popular.

Wang Lin is very popular.

Instruction

Popular is an adjective, which means "popular, popular, popular". It can form a synopsis structure with the verb be, or it can be placed in front of a noun to modify it. Nouns serve as attributives. When used as an attributive, it is often abbreviated to pop in spoken language.

For example: This kind of music is very popular at the present. This kind of music is very popular at the present.

My father likes pop songs. My father likes pop songs.

Popular is used as an adjective and can also mean "popular or famous".

For example: Your sister is very popular in our city. Your sister is very famous in our city.

It can also form the phrase be popular with somebody, which means "to be loved by someone, to be popular with someone".

For example: Yao Ming is very popular with people. Yao Ming is very popular with people.

Practice at any time

Exam Many students like singing the ______ songs.

　　A. popular　B. popularity　　C. popularer　D. more popular

Answer and analysis A. This sentence is a test of using adjectives to modify the following noun songs. From the meaning of the sentence, the adjective popular is used to modify songs to mean "popular songs".

7. She never stops talking.

She always talks.

Tips 1

The word never in the sentence is the antonym of always, which means "never, never". Never itself is a word with a negative meaning, so this sentence is The meaning is negative.

For example: I have never been late for school before. I have never been late for school before.

Point 2

Stop in this sentence is a verb, which means "to stop". Stop can be followed by the infinitive of the verb or the gerund as the object. Stop doing means "stop doing something", stop what you are doing; stop to do means "stop doing something", stop what you are doing and start doing something else.

Practice at any time

Test example 1I can ______ be a nurse. I’m not a very patient person. (2010 Suzhou, Jiangsu)

　A. seldom　B. ever　C. never　D． always

Answer and analysis C. Meaning of the sentence: "I can never become a nurse because I am not a very patient person." "can never" means "never", so choose C.

Example 2James, I’m too tired． Let’s stop ______ a rest. (2010 Chongqing)

A. having　B. have C. to having　D. to have

Answer and analysis D. Sentence meaning: "James, I'm too tired. Let's stop and take a rest." "Stop to do another thing" should be "stop to do", so choose D.

8. Do you remember Johnny Dean, the pop singer with funny glasses and long curly hair?

Do you remember that pop singer with funny glasses and long curly hair? Johnny Dean?

Tips 1

Remember in this sentence is a verb, which means "remember, think of" and forget is an antonym. Remember can be followed by the infinitive or gerund as the object. remember to do means "remember to do something", and the infinitive of the verb means "something not done"; remember doing means "remember to have done something", and the gerund means "completed" action.

I remember telling you about it.

Remember to turn off the light. Remember to turn off the light.

Point 2

With is a preposition, which often forms a prepositional phrase with the following noun to modify the preceding noun. It means "with what characteristics".

For example: The man with thick glasses on his nose is our teacher.

　　　The man with thick glasses on his nose is our teacher.

With can also mean "with someone".

For example: I will go swimming with you. I will go swimming with you.

With means "with".

For example: With the words, he left our room. After saying these words, he left our room.

With means "using a certain tool or means".

For example: We can see with our eyes. We see with our eyes.

With can also express accompanying actions.

For example: Our teacher came into the classroom with some books in his hands.

Our teacher came into the classroom with some books in his hands.

Practice at any time

Test example 1—Please remember _______ the lights when you leave the room.

　 — OK, I will. (2010 Guang’an)

A. turn off　B. to turn off　C. turning off

Answer and analysis B. Meaning of the sentence: "Please remember to turn off the lights when you leave the room." "Remember to do something" should be "remember to do", so choose B.

Example 2-Do you know the girl ____ long hair?

　-Yes. She is my sister.

A. has B. with C. is　D. to have

Answer and analysis B. This sentence is to test the usage of prepositions. The preposition with means "what characteristics someone has". With long hair is a prepositional phrase that modifies the noun girl to mean "a girl with long hair".

9. “I don’t think he’s so great,” says Ruth from New York “But my mum does.”

“I don’t think he’s so great,” says Ruth from New York Ruth said, "But my mother likes it."

Point 1

I don't think is the negative movement of the object clause, the form negates the main clause, and the meaning negates the subordinate clause.

For example: I don’t think you are right. I think you are wrong. "I don't think you are right" cannot be translated.

Point 2

But my mum does. The auxiliary verb does in this sentence replaces the verb likes.

This sentence is equivalent to "But my mum likes his new look".

Point 3

The prepositional phrase from New York serves as an attributive and is placed after the noun being modified.

For example: The boy under the tree is my brother. The boy under the tree is my brother.

Tips 4

so "So, then, so" is usually used before adjectives or adverbs.

For example: The girl is so beautiful. This girl is so beautiful.

Don’t walk too fast. Don’t walk too fast.

Practice at any time

Test example 1 - Who often helps you learn English?

　　 -My mother______.

　 A. do　　 B. does　　C. helps　D. help

Answer and analysis B. In answer to Who + verb + object + other +? In question sentences, use the auxiliary verb do/does/did to replace the verb in the previous sentence.

Example 2The FIFA World Cup is ______ fantastic that a lot of people in the world are crazy (crazy) about it. (2010 Harbin)

A. such　B． so C． very

Answer and analysis B. Sentence meaning: "The World Cup is so wonderful that many people around the world are crazy about it." This question tests the structure of so...that, "so adjective that..." means "so...that", there must be a noun after such, so Choose B for this question.

10. I can go shopping, and nobody knows me.

I can go shopping, and nobody knows me.

Tip 1

go doing means "to do...". For example:

go skating go skating go swimming go fishing go fishing

Dial 2

Nobody is an indefinite pronoun, meaning "no one, no one" ", when the indefinite pronoun is the subject, the predicate verb is singular. For example:

There is nobody in the room. There is no one in the room.

Someone is looking for you.

Practice at any time

Test example 1—Who helped you repair tile MP4? (2010 Xiamen, Fujian)

　——________. I repaired it all by myself.

A. somebodyB． Anybody　C． Nobody

Answer and analysis C. From the answer "I repaired it all by myself." we can see that no one helps "I" repair it, so choose C.

Example 2On Sunday afternoon, my mother wants ________ .

A. go shopping B. to go sleep C. going to shop D. to go shopping

Answer and analysis D. The meaning of the sentence is "On Sunday afternoon, my mother wants to go shopping." To want to do something is "want to do", and "go doing" means "to do...", so the answer is D.