2011届高考英语一轮复习it的用法讲解.docVIP

2011届高考英语一轮复习讲解：it的用法 【知识要点】 It的用法 （一）作人称代词 1、it代替前面（或后面）的单数名词或分句等所表示的事物。 e.g. You cannot eat your cake but have it.（it代替前面的cake） Although we cannot see it, there is air all around us. （it代替后面的air） They say he has left town, but I don’t believe it. （it代替前面They…town分句中的情况） 2、代替有生命但不能或不必分阴阳性的东西（包括婴儿）。 e.g. Yesterday we saw a big tree. It was fully twenty metres high. （it代替前面的tree） The baby cried because it was hungry. （it代替前面的baby） 3、在某些习惯说法中，可以代替人。 e.g. ---- Someone is knocking at the door, Peter. ---- Who is it? ---- It’s me. ---- Who are singing? ---- It is the children. ---- T