名词性从句讲解与练习

Module 9 Unit 2 Grammar and usage

Overview of noun clauses

I. Introduction

1. Definition of noun clauses

Noun clauses _______________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________.

2.Tell whether there are noun clauses among the following sentences and tell what noun clauses they are.

1) China is no longer what it used to be. ( )

2) The truth that the earth turn around the sun is known to all. ( )

3) How he persuaded the manager to change the plan is interesting to us all. ( )

4) The news that they had won the game soon spread over the whole school. ( )

5) The news that you told me yesterday was really disappointing. ( )

6) That is where Lu Xun used to live. ( )

7) He spoke as if he understood what he was talking about. ( )

8) Do you remember the teacher who taught us English at middle school? ( )

9) I wonder why she refused my invitation. ( )

II. The points that should be paid attention to when noun clauses are used

●The words that can introduce noun clauses.

1) 连接代词：who, whose, whom, what, which。有词义,在从句中担任成分，如主语、表语、宾语、或定语等。

2) 连接副词：when, where, why, how。有词义，在从句中担任成分，作状语。

3) 连接词：that, whether, if, as if。that 无词义，在从句中不担任成分，有时可省略；if (whether), as if虽有

词义，但在从句中不担任成分。

● whether 与if 区别

1）whether和if在宾语从句中可以互换，但是作介词宾语时连接词一般用whether。

2) 后面直接跟or not 时用whether。

3) 主语从句、表语从句、同位语从句中只能用whether。

Practice: Fill in the blanks with proper conjunctions.

1)____ we'll go camping tomorrow depends on the weather．

2) ____ he said at the meeting surprised us greatly．

3) Can you tell me ____ that woman is？

4) I wonder ____ we can do with the problem of pollution．

5) The fact ____ she works hard is well known to us all．

6) Can you tell me ____ exercise is the easiest of the exercises?

7) The reason why he has been such a success is ____ he never gives up．

8) The question he asked was ____ the electrical equipment should be stored．

9) ____ is troubling me is I don't have any experience in this kind of work．

10) ____ fashion differs from country to country may reflect the cultural differences between countries．

11) It all depends on ________ they will come back.

12) ________the meeting will be put off has not been decided yet.

● who / whoever，what / whatever 等的区别

(A)whatever/whoever可引导主语，宾语，表语从句，并在从句中做主语，宾语，表语。这种用法中，

whatever/whoever 不含疑问意义。whatever=anything that; whoever=anyone whowhat/ who 引导名词性

从句, 在从句中表疑问. 一般说来，what / who 等含特指意义，而whatever，whoever 等含泛指意义。

例如：

(B)Practice: Fill in the blanks with proper words.

1) ______________breaks the rule must be punished. 2)You can choose _________ you like in the shop.

3) Here is the dress. This is _________ I have been dreaming of.

4) _________ will take the position is still under discussion.

5) The prize will be given to ______win the first place in the speech contest.