文档介绍：名词性从句
Grammar and usage
Noun Clauses
陕西延川中学:刘富祥
在复合句中起名词作用的从句叫名词从句
(Noun Clauses)。名词从句的功能相当于名词词组, 它在复合句中能担任主语、宾语、表语、同位语、介词宾语等,因此根据它在句中不同的语法功能,名词从句又可分别称为主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句。
名词从句
His job is important.
What he does is important.
This is his job.
This is what he does every day.
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名词性从句在功能上相当于名词
主语
表语
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I don’t like his job.
I don’t like what he does every day.
I don’t know about the man, Mr. White.
I don’t know about the fact that he is a teacher.
宾语
同位语
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1. ______ the baby could speak made his parents very happy.
A. That B. What C. Why D. If
2. I wonder ____ you will go shopping or stay at home.
A. that B. if C. whether D. what
主语从句
宾语从句
Practice
3. This is _____ he was often late for school.
A. what B. that C. why D. whether
4. We all know the truth ____ the earth ____ around the sun.
if; moved B. that; moves
C. why; move D. whether; move
表语从句
同位语从句
At lunch time, the radio weatherman reported that the mist would e a thick fog in the afternoon.
The truth is that the fog is too thick for the bus to run that far.
What surprised me most was that the old man couldn’t see anything.
The fact that Polly didn’t ask for the man’s name is a pity.
Find clauses from the following sentences
and tell the functions of them.
Appositive Clause (同位语从句)
Subject Clause (主语从句)
Object Clause (宾语从句)
Predicative Clause (表语从句)
1 That he will eed is certain.
2 Whether he will go there is not known.
3 What he said is not true.
4 Where he hid the money is to be found out .
5 es is e.
6 How we can help the twins will be discussed at the meeting.
7 When they’ll start the project has not been decided yet.
Subject Clause
主语从句
为避免主语冗长,句子头重脚轻,经常用it作形式主语,主语从句放在后面作真正的主语。
1. It is certain that he will eed.
2. It is not known whether he will go there.
3. It has not been decided yet when they’ll start the project.
“It” is used as empty subject
形式主语
It’s likely/possible/important/necessary/clear that…很可能/重要的是……/必要的是……/很清楚……
It’s said/ reported that…据说/