湖南省蓝山二中高中英语《unit1Grammarandusage》教案牛津版必修3Step1:IntroductiontonounclausesForreference:IntroductiontoNounClausesAnounclauseisaclausewhichdoestheworkofanouninasentence.Itisagroupofwordscontainingasubjectandaverbofitsown.Itcanbeusedasasubject,predicatenominative,directobject,appositive,indirectobject,orobjectofthepreposition.Usuallynounclausesbeginwiththat,what,where,when,who,whom,which,whose,how,why,whether,etc.Examples:Hesaidthathewouldnotcome.Wewereallcurioustoknowwhathehaddone.Nobodyknowswhentheregistrationwillbegin.Weallwantedtofindoutwhothewinnerwas.Whomtheywereincontactwithonthedayoftherobberyisofgreatinteresttothepolice.Janeisnotsurewhichuniversitysheshouldapplyfor.Thejudgeshadahardtimedecidingwhosepaintingwasthebest.Howthebabyfellfromthewindowisamystery.Theyaskedtheboywhyhehadhithisclassmate.Whetheryoulikeitornotisnottheissue.UsesofNounClausesNounClausescanbeusedinthefollowingways:a.AsthesubjectofaverbWhyshekeptoncryingpuzzledeveryone.nounclausemainverbb.AstheobjectNobodyknowshowhegotinvolvedinganglandactivitiesverbnounclausec.Asthecomplementoftheverb"tobe"orpredicativeWhatweareworriedaboutisthathemayhaveanotherheartattack.Thequestioniswhytheycouldescapethroughthefrontdoorwhenthereweresomanyguardsthere.ANotetoStudents:Therearesomecommonerrorsamongmanystudentswhentheyusenounclausesinsentences.Herearesomeoftheerrors:1.Inversionstructurewithinthenounclause:Whereistheplaceisstillnotclear.Intheaboveexample,theinversionstructureisusedinwhichthesubject(theplace)isprecededbyaverb(is).Mistakeslikethisreflectthetendencyofstudentstomistakeinterrogativewordslikewhere,when,why,how,etc.whenusedinnounclausesforthoseusedinquestions,asin"Whereisthewallet?".Itshouldthereforebenotedthatthestructuralcomponentsofanounclausearetheorderofastatementor"Subject+Verb"asin:Whatyoudoisterrible.Whateveryousaywillinterestusall.However,thereisanexceptiontotherule.Oneshouldnotethatanounclausethatbeginswithwhatcanalsobeimmediatelyfollowedbyafiniteverb,withouthavingasubject,asinthefollowing::Whathasbeendiscussedinthemeetingwillremainasecret.:Heaskedmewhatwasthematterwithme.2.NomainverbinthesentenceSincenounclausesveryoftenservetoemphasizeaparticularideainasentence,manystudentstendtothinkthattheirfunctionistoemphasizeonlyandthattherearenostrictrulestofollowwhenusingthem.Thisisamisconception.Lookatthefollowingsentence::Whattheylikeluxurygoods.Intheabovesentence,thestudentmayhavethoughtthat"like"mayfunctionasthemainverbofthesentence.Since"Theylikeluxurygoods"isacompletesentence,andthat"what"isonlyanemphasizer,sothestudentmaythinkthatthesentenceiscorrect.Inthiscase,thestudenthasforgottenthatthestructuralcomponentsofanounclauseare"Subject+Verb"(asin"Whattheysay"),andmistakentheverb"like"withinthenounclauseasthemainverbofthewholesentence,therebyproducingasentencethatdoesnothaveamainverb.Itshouldbenotedthatalltheseinterrogativeslikewhy,who,when,how,whether...etc,althoughtheyserveasemphasizers,beginaclausewhosestructuralcomponentsaresubjectandverb.Thismeansthattheverbinsidetheclause,inthiscasetheverb"like",cannotfunctionasthemainverbofasentence.Inthefollowingsentence,"is"isthemainverbofthesentenceand"like"isthefiniteverbwithinthenounclause.:Whattheylikeisluxurygoods.3.Mistakingwhere,when,why,how,etc.fortherelativepronoun"which".:Iliveinabuildingwhichhas40storeys.:Iliveinabu...
