Grammarandusage Overviewofnounclauses Nounclausesactlikenounsandcanfunctionasthesubject object predicativeorappositiveinthesentence Whatarenounclauses I Subjectclauses Subjectclausescanbeintroducedbythat whetherorquestionswords 1 Thathewillsucceediscertain 2 Whetherhewillgothereisnotknown 3 Whathesaidisnottrue 4 Wherehehidthemoneyistobefoundout 5 Whoevercomesiswelcome 6 Howwecanhelpthetwinswillbediscussedatthemeeting 7 Whenthey llstarttheprojecthasnotbeendecidedyet 3 hewillsucceediscertain 4 Ineedisagoodnight ssleep 1 yousaidyesterdayisright 2 sheisstillaliveisaconsolation Whatorthat What That That What Whenintroducingthesubjectclause thatcarriesnomeaning Whatisusuallyusedasthesubjectorobjectintheclause Tip1 1 Itiscertainthathewillsucceed 2 Itisnotknownwhetherhewillgothere 3 Ithasnotbeendecidedyetwhenthey llstarttheproject that whetherorquestionswords Tip2 Weoftenuseitasapreparatorysubjectandthesubjectclauseisputattheendofthesentence Inthiscase thesentenceisbetterbalanced Commonstructureswith it 1 Itis 名詞 從句Itisafactthat 事實是 Itisanhonorthat 非常榮幸Itiscommonknowledgethat 是常識 2 Itis 形容詞 從句Itisnaturalthat 很自然 Itisstrangethat 奇怪的是 3 Itis 不及物動詞 從句Itseemsthat 似乎 Ithappenedthat 碰巧 Itappearsthat 似乎 4 It 過去分詞 從句Itisreportedthat 據(jù)報道 Ithasbeenprovedthat 已證實 Itissaidthat 據(jù)說 II Objectclauses 1 Iheard that hejoinedthearmy 2 Shedidnotknowwhathadhappened 3 Iwonderwhetheryoucanchangethisnoteforme 4 Shetoldmethatshewouldacceptmyinvitation 5 Oursuccessdependsuponhowwellwecancooperatewithoneanother 6 Iamafraid that I vemadeamistake Tips 1 Tellhim that heneedn tworryandthatIwillhelphimout Tip1 Ifthereismorethanoneobjectclause onlythefirstthatcanbeomitted 2 Theywanttomakeitclearthathistoricsitesareanimportantpartofanation sculture Tip2 Preparatoryitisusedwhenthereisanobjectcomplement IdifferfromhiminthatI mgoodatMathswhileheisgoodatArt Hispaperisperfectexceptthattherearesomespellingmistakesinit Tip3 thatisusuallynotusedtointroduceanobjectclauseafteraprepositionexceptinthatorexceptthat Predicativeclauses 1 Thequestioniswhetherwecanmakegoodpreparationinsuchashorttime 2 Thisiswhywecan tgetthesupportofthepeople 3 Butthefactremainsthatwearebehindtheotherclasses 4 Thereasonheislateforschoolisthathemissedtheearlybus 1 Thereason wedidn ttrusthim is hehasoftenlied 2 Thereason hegaveforhisabsence is hewasill why that that that Tip thereasonisthat 1 WhatevergaveyoutheideathatIcansing 2 Wordcamethatourteamwonthematch 3 Ihavenoideawhenhewillcomeback 4 HegotthenewsfromMarythatthesportsmeetingwasputoff Appositiveclauses 5 Theking sdecisionthattheprisonerwouldbesetfreesurprisedallthepeople 6 Theorderthatallthesoldiersshouldstaystillisgivenbythegeneral Reflection1 Whatwordscanbefollowedbyanappositiveclause doubt fact hope idea news order possibility promise suggestion truthquestion Reflection2 Whatisthedifferencebetweentheappositiveclausesandtheattributiveclauses ThenewsthathetoldmeisthatTomwouldgoabroadnextyear 2 ThenewsthatTomwouldgoabroadistoldbyhim Attributiveclause Appositiveclause 1 thebabycouldspeakmadehisparentsveryhappy A ThatB WhatC WhyD If2 Iwonder youwillgoshoppingorstayathome A thatB ifC whetherD what 主語從句 賓語從句 Exercises 3 Thisis hewasoftenlateforschool A whatB thatC whyD whether4 Weallknowthetruth theearthmovesaroundthesun A IfB thatC whyD whether 表語從句 同位語從句 1 Atlunchtime theradioweathermanreportedthatthemistwouldbecomeathickfogintheafternoon 2 Thetruthisthatthefogistoothickforthebustorunthatfar Findclausesfromthefollowingsentencesandtellthefunctionsofthem PredictiveClause 表語從句 ObjectClause 賓語從句 3 Whatsurprisedmemostwasthattheoldmancouldn tseeanything 4 ThefactthatPollydidn taskfortheman snameisapity SubjectClause 主語從句 AppositiveClause 同位語從句 Readthearticlebelowanddecidewhethertheunderlinedclausesaresubject object predicativeorappositiveclauses Itiswellknown 1 thatoneoftheaimsofUNESCOistoprotectandpreserveculturalandnaturalheritage 1 subjectclause Ourheritageisapreciousgiftfromthepast anditisalso 2 whatwelivewithtoday 2 Ibelieve 3 someofyoumayhavevisitedMOUNTTaiandMountHuang orhavebeentoJiuzhaigou 3 predicativeclause objectclause Manypeoplejustfinditunbelievable 4 thatsuchbeautifulplacesexistinthisworld 4 Theseheritagesitesimpressvisitorswiththeiramazingbeauty andtheyareagreatsourceofinspiration Therearealtogethermorethan900WorldHeritagesites objectclause Joineachpairofsentencesintoone usingnounclausesasrequired 1 TheancienttowerinthetemplewillgoontheNationalCulturalHeritagelist Itisgreat subjectclause ItisgreatthattheancienttowerinthetemplewillgoontheNationalCulturalHeritagelist 2 Passengersarenotallowedtousemobilephonesduringtheflight Don tyouknowthat Don tyouknowthatpassengersarenotallowedtousemobilephonesduringtheflight 3 IcanlearnmoreaboutWorldHeritagebyreadingthisbook Itismyhope appositiveclause ItismyhopethatIcanlearnmoreaboutWorldHeritagebyreadingthisbook 4 IwouldquitwatchingTVfortwoweeksbeforetheexam Ipromisedmydad objectclause IpromisedmydadthatIwouldquitwatchingTVfortwoweeksbeforetheexam 5 Weshoulddealwiththeprobleminanotherway Itismysuggestion Mysuggestionisthatweshoulddealwiththeprobleminanotherway 6 Willthesepopstarsstillbefamousin10years Ihavesomedoubt appositiveclause Ihavesomedoubtwhetherthesepopstarswillstillbefamousin10years 1 Asanewgraduate hedoesn tknow ittakestostartabusinesshere A howB whatC whenD which2 somepeopleregardasadrawbackisseenasaplusbymanyothers A WhetherB WhatC ThatD How 高考鏈接 3 Itneveroccurredtome youcouldsucceedinpersuadinghimtochangehismind A WhichB whatC thatD why 4 Itisuncertain sideeffectthemedicinewillbringabout althoughabouttwothousandpatientshavetakenit A thatB whatC howD whether 5 Agoodfriendofminefrom IwasbornshowedupatmyhomerightbeforeIleftforBeijing A howB whomC whenD which 6 Beforethesalesstart Imakealistof mykidswillneedforthecomingseason A whyB whatC howD which 7 Onereasonforherpreferenceforcitylifeis shecanhaveeasyaccesstoplaceslikeshopsandrestaurants A thatB howC whatD why 8 Haveyoufinishedthebook No I vereadupto thechildrendiscoverthesecretcave A whichB whatC thatD where 9 Toimprovethequalityofourproducts weaskedforsuggestions hadusedtheproducts A whoeverB whoC whicheverD which Gooverwhatyouhavelearnedtodaybyreadingtheexamplesentences 2 Finishtheexercisesinworkbook Homework