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2019-2020年外研版高中英语选修7 Module 2Highlight of My Senior Year（Period 3）素材GoalsTo learn about the predicative clauses and subject clauses Procedures Step 1: Learning about predictive clauses and subject clauses1. Subject clause: The clause is used as a subject of the main verb. Subject clauses begin with that, if, whether, who, what, which, when, where, how, why, whoever, whichever, etc.Examples:1) Why he did that wasnt quite clear.2) How this happened is not clear.3) Where she has gone is not known yet.4) When they will start is not known yet.5) Which team will win the match is still unknown.6) Who will go makes no difference.7) What Im looking for is a real success.8) Whether she will e or not is still a question.9) That she was able to e made us very happy.10) Whoever breaks the law should be punished.2. Predicative clause: The clause is used as a predicate nominative of a link verb. Predicative clauses begin with that, whether, as if, who, what, which, whose, when, where, how, why, etc. Examples1) My belief is that hes got a health problem.2) The reason why he didnt e was that he was ill.3) My problem is whether we can acplish it in time.4) He looked as if he was going to cry.5) The question is who can plete the difficult task.6) Thats just what we expected.7) The problem is how we can find such stuffs.Notes1. “it” is used as the formal subject. Sometimes it is put at the beginning of a sentence and used the formal subject while the real subject clause is put at the end, because in English people usually put long or plicated items towards the end of a sentence. Therefore, it can also be called a preparatory subject.1) It is clear/certain/likely/true/surprising that.2) It is a pity/shame/good idea/ no wonder that.3) It is said/ reported/ believed/ known/ thought/ suggested that.4) It seems/ happens that.eg: It happened that I went out last night. It is said that China will win in the World Cup. It seems strange that he should have said that. Its clear that we should do something to stop it.2. We can use whether to introduce a subject clause or predicative clause when the clause is a yes/ no question. If not used at the beginning, we can also use if to introduce the subject clause. We use whether or not, but not if or not; we use both whether. or not and if.or not.eg. Whether it is going to clear up keeps me wondering.Whether the meeting will be put off has not been decided.The question is whether they have so much money.Its unknown whether /if hes finished his new novel.Its under discussion whether / if we will go backpacking or not.3. that and what that doesnt work as an element in the subject or predictive clause, but usually not omitted. what must be an element of the clause.1) That he said so much was very encouraging.2) What we cant get seems better than what we have.3) What you described is quite different from what we see now.4) What troubles me is that I cant learn all these English idioms by heart.5) The problem is that we dont have enough money.6) Energy is what makes things work.7) I mean what I say.8) Do what you want to do and say what you have to say.
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