英语从句讲解

Simple sentenceCompound sentenceComplex sentence从句：名词性从句（主语从句，宾语从句，表语从句，同位语从句）形容词性从句(定语从句)副词性从句（状语从句）英语中六大从句用法总结在句子中起名词作用的各种从句，统称为名词性从句1.主语从句subjective clause一般由what, who, which, why, how, when, which, whether…or…等引导，如果从句较长，谓语又较短，可用it作形式主语，而将从句放在句末。

常见的句型有：It is self-evident that… 很明显的是It goes without saying that… 不用说It is asserted that．．．有人主张……It is believed that．．．据信……It is generally considered that．．．人们普遍认为……It is hoped that．．．人们希望……It is reported that．．．据报道……It is said that．．．据说……It is supposed that．．．据推测．．．It is well-known that．．．众所周知……It must be admitted that．．．必须承认……It cannot be denie d that… 不可否认……It must be pointed out that．．．需指出的是……It was told that．．．据传……It will be said that．．．有人会说……It follows that… 由此可见It is inappropriate that… ……是不合适的2)what引导的主语从句表示“...的东西时”，一般不用it作形式主语。

What we lack is experience.3)what, who, when, why, whether等词含有各自的疑问意义，但它们引导的主语从句，都用陈述语序。

How the plan is to be carried out should be discussed again.I did know why I felt like crying.2.宾语从句objective clause1）宾语从句可位于及物动词、介词和某些形容词后。

连词that常可省略。

介词后一般接疑问词引导的宾语从句。

inthat(因为),except that(除了),but that(只是）已构成固定搭配，其他介词后一般不接that引导的宾语从句。

*I promised that I would change the situation.*All this is different from what American young people would say about friendship.*He is certain that watching so much television is not good for children.*This article is well-written except that it is a bit too long.Compliment2)宾语从句后如有宾补，要用形式宾语it来代替，而把宾语从句移至宾补之后。

He has made it clear that he would not change his mind.3)在think, believe, suppose, expect等动词后的宾语从句中，如果谓语是否定的，一般将否定词移至主句谓语上，宾语从句则变成肯定形式。

He didn't think that the money was well spent.2. 表语从句Predictive clauseLinking verb表语从句出现在结构为“主语+系动词+表语从句”的句子中。

表语从句除可用that, what, when, why, whether, how等引导外，还可由because, as if(though)等引导。

that常可省略。

如主句主语为reason,只能用that引导表语从句，不可用because.Perhaps the most important thing to remember is that there is no one common type of life in America.The reason why so many people died there is that there were not enough food supplies.It looks as if successful international cultural communication will make the world smaller.4.同位语从句appositional clause同位语从句用于对前面出现的名词作进一步说明，一般用连词that引导，由于先行名词的意义不同，也可用whether, who, when, where, what, why, how等引导。

常见的先行名词有fact,idea,belief,news,hope,conclusion,evidence,suggestio n,order,problem,report,decision.有时由于谓语较短，将同位语从句位于谓语之后。

She finally made the decision that she would join the fashion show.I had no idea how many books I could borrow at a time.The news came that their team had won the championship.5.定语从句attributive clause定语从句所修饰的先行词可以是名词或代词，也可以是一个句子。

定语从句通常位于先行词之后，由关系代词或关系副词引导。

*限制性定语从句限制性定语从句修饰先行词，对先行词起修饰作用，紧接先行词之后，无逗号，若省去，原句意思不完整。

引导定语从句的关系代词有who, whom, whose, which, that等。

who, whom, whose用于指人，whose有时也可指物，相当于of which；which用于指物；that既可指人也可指物，但只用于限制性定语从句中。

关系代词除了引导定语从句，替代先行词外，还在从句中担任主语、宾语、定语等。

The computers and cables which make up the Internet are owned by people and organizations.Those who live alone or who are sick may have trouble in getting close to other people.The girl whose parents died in an accident is living with her grandmother.1)当先行词是all, anything, everything, something, nothing 等不定代词或先行词前有first, last, any, few, much, some, no, only以及形容词最高级修饰时，只能用关系代词that引导从句。

That is all that I've heard from him.He's the first person that I'm going to interview this afternoon.2)关系代词的省略在从句中作宾语的关系代词常可省略。

关系代词紧跟介词，作介词宾语时不可用that，只可用which或whom引导从句，并且不可省略，但当介词位于宾语从句句末时，作为介词宾语的关系代词仍可用that，也可省略。

This is one of those things with which we have to put up.This is one of those things (which\that) we have to put up with.3)引导定语从句的关系副词有when, where, why等。

关系副词在从句中作状语，意义上相当于一个“介词+which”的结构。

Even in comic books where(=in which) there are no words, the stories are fully expressed through the drawings.No one knows the reason why(=for which) he was so angry that day.*非限制性定语从句非限制性定语从句既可修饰先行词，也可修饰整个主句，起补充说明作用，与主句之间有逗号隔开，若省去，原句意思不受影响。

不可用that引导非限制性定语从句。

关系词不可省略。

Every object has a gravitational pull, which is rather like magnetism.*“介词+which\whom\whose”引导的定语从句“介词+which\whom\whose”可引导限制性定语从句，也可引导非限制性定语从句，该结构中介词的选择取决于从句谓语动词的固定搭配，或先行词的习惯搭配。

It is written by a person with whom we are all familiar.The girl to whom you speak is my sister.*as引导的定语从句as引导的定语从句主要用于“such...as”及“the same...as”的结构中，代替先行词是人或物的名词。

as引导非限制性定语从句时，代替整个主句，从句可位于主句之前、之后或中间。

These are not such problems as can be easily solved.(as代替先行词problems)As is mentioned above, no single company or group can control what happens on the Internet.(as代替主语)6.状语从句adverbial clause*时间状语从句引导时间状语从句的从属连词和词组有：1）when, whenever, while, as, after, before, since, till, until, once等。