2019学年度外研版选修七Module 2 Highlights of My Senior Year Period 3 Grammar -- Predicative clauses and subject clauses教学设计

▇Goals

●To learn about the predicative clauses and subject clauses

■Procedures

Step 1: Learning about predictive clauses and subject clauses

1. 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 wasn't 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 I'm looking for is a real success.

8) Whether she will come or not is still a question.

9) That she was able to come 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.

Examples

1) My belief is that he's got a health problem.

2) The reason why he didn't come was that he was ill.

3) My problem is whether we can accomplish it in time.

4) He looked as if he was going to cry.

5) The question is who can complete the difficult task.

6) That's just what we expected.

7) The problem is how we can find such stuffs.

Notes

1. "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 complicated 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.