Book3_U1_Grammarandusage.ppt

名词 名词：表示人名、事物名称、时间、地点和抽象概念 名词性从句 名词性从句和名词一样，在句中可担任主语，宾语，表语，同位语。 It is true that the earth is round. Mike said that he was feeling ill. How this happened is still a question. The question is how we can get there. The idea that we invited him yesterday is quite good. He wants to tell me about what he saw in Beijing. The suggestion that we should learn English well is valuable to us. Introduction to noun clauses At lunch, the weatherman reported that the mist would become a thick fog in the afternoon. She wondered if the buses would still be running. 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. Introduction to noun clauses Because the clauses in these sentences have the same function as nouns or noun phrases, they are called noun clauses. There are four kinds of noun clauses the subject clause, the object clause, the predictive clause and the apposition clause. Presentation 1.A noun clause can be used as the subject of a sentence : 1) That he will succeed 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. 2.A noun clause can be used either as the object of a verb or a preposition in a sentence. 1) They know that the habit will kill them. 2) He asked how much I paid for the violin. 3) He made it clear to the public that he did an important and necessary job. 4) I find it necessary that we should do the homework. 3.A noun clause can be used as the predicative after the link verb be. 1) The question is whether we can rely on him. 2) That’s because we were in need of money at that time. 3) He looked as if he was going to cry. 4) That’s why I was late. 4.Explain to students what apposition means. 1) The news that he failed in the exam surprised his parents. 2) Word came that we would have two days off next week. 3) There is no possibility that our team will lose the game. 4) I’ll keep the