崩解度从句的语序

2021年1月13日发(作者：袁鲁)
Unit 1 New Practical English BookⅡ
从句的语序
在英语复合句时，除了需要注意照应主句的时态，人称，连接词语等等之外，还应特别
注意从 句部分的语序。
英语中从句经常用疑问词（wh-word）引导，如what, who等，但与 疑问词引导的简单句
不同。从句不使用疑问句语序，而使用陈述句语序，即主语在前，谓语在后的顺序排 列。还
应注意，因为从句不使用疑问倒装结构，所以一般现在时和一般过去时不再用do, does, did等
助动词构成从句结构。试比较一下句子：
疑问句：What is he doing?
宾语从句：I don’t know what he is doing.

疑问句：When will they go?
主语从句：When they will go hasn’t been decided.

疑问句：What does he want to know?
表语从句：That’s what she wants to know.
1.常用来引导从句的疑问词有what, when, where, who, whether, how等，这些疑问词一般仍保
留原有的疑问含义。
She wanted to know when my brother had visited Paris.
They wondered why we would like to join them.
Could you please tell me where we are going?
It’s hard for me to tell which one I like better.
How he plays the trick is a secret.
r可以引导主语从句，if 不能引导主语从句，但是两者都能引导宾语从句。引导宾语
从句时，两者都表示“是否”的意思， 只是if后面不能加or not.
⑴主语从句：
Whether he will accept the job is difficult to say.
Whether you will like it or not has nothing to do with me.
⑵宾语从句
She wanted to know whether/if my brother had visited Paris.
They wondered whether/ if we would like to join them.
Could you please tell me whether or not we are going there, too?
It’s hard for me to tell whether /if I like that one better.
3.疑问词一般可以用来引导主语从句，宾语从句及表语从句。要特别注意这些从句的语序。
⑴主语从句的语序：
Why he didn’t accept our invitation still puzzles me.
Whether he comes or not matters little to me.
How you can get such an experience is a key point.
What he says is not always true.
⑵宾语从句的语序：
I don’t understand why he didn’t accept our invitation.
I don’t mind whether he comes or not.
⑶表语从句
The key point is how you can get such an experience.

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The fact turns out to be what he never expected.
, where等若用来引 导状语从句，它们不再是疑问词，也不具有疑问含义，因此它们的
语序亦应为陈述句的语序。
⑴状语从句的语序
When she visited the famous museum in Paris, she met my brother.
Could you stay for a while where you are now?
⑵定语从句
She still remembers the day when she met my brother in Paris.
Could you please tell me the place where you met for the first time?
ⅠCompletes the following sentences：
1. The director asked me_____________________(how old was I)
2. She asked me ____________________________( what book was I reading then)
3. She asked him if ___________________________________ (will he marry her)
4. The boss asked me__________________________________ (how did I get there)
5. He asked me whether __________________________ (could I lend him some tapes)
6. (If he wants to attend the wedding) _____________________is still a question.
7. The teacher asked me ______________________________ (what were my hobbies)
8. She often wonders_____________________________ (why does he always tell a lie)
9. The reason _________________________ (why did he refuse her) is a secret to us all.
10. (How will he play the trick today) ___________________________ remains a secret.
11. You can write about ______ topic you can think of .
a. what b. whatever c. who d. whoever
12. We all thought ____ a pity that the conference should have been canceled
a. it b. which c. this d. that
13. I took his word for _____ he would try his best to help us.
a. that it b. it that c. which it d. it which
14. It ____ to him that he had forgotten to take his laptop computer with him.
a. seemed b. appeared c. occurred d. happened
15. Free movie tickets will be sent to _____ come first.
a. whatever b. whichever c. whoever d. whomever
16. _____ that the formation of the sun and the planets began with the condensation of an
interstellar gas cloud.
a. Believing b. To believe c. The belief d. It is believed
17. _____ I do it or not is none of your business.
a. Either b. No matter c. Whether d. If
18. He asked me _____ have and I offered him the number.
a. what room could he b. what room he may c. which room could be d. which room he could
19. I don’t think ______.
a. it true that he came here yesterday b. that he came here yesterday as true
c. it that he came here yesterday d. of it true he came here yesterday.
20. It is an interesting fact ______ try to do the same things as nature does, they usually have to do
them in a different way.
a. that when men b. when that men c. that men d. when men
21. _____ the drought in Kansas has become less serious.

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