Teaching Objectives: make the students learn about the past participle as the object complement
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Find the sentences from the reading passage with past participles as the object complement.
1. Now, when anyone refers to England you find Wales included as well.
2.To their surprise the three countries find themselves united…
3.they were going to get Ireland connected to form t he United Kingdo m.
Step 2 Giving the definition
过去分词 作宾语补足语,表示其动作已经完成或结束。能用宾语补足语 的过去分词一般都是及物动词,表示被动意义或已完成的意义,有时候两者兼而有之。作宾语补足语的过去分词与宾语有逻辑上的动宾关系,即宾语是过去分词动作的对象。
1.过去分词用在表示状态的动词 keep ,leave 等的后面。
They kept the door locked for a long time.