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Subordinating Conjunctions: 1. If the noun clause is a declarative sentence (陈述句), it begins with that. 2. If the noun clause is a yes/ no question, it begins with whether/ if(是否). 3. If the noun clause is a special question(wh- questions), it begins with a question word---who, whom, whose, what, which, when, where, why, how. Predicative clause Predicative clause is the clause after linking verbs. Apart from the subordinating conjunctions above, we must remember that: 1. that can not be omitted. 2. because/ as if/ as though can also lead a predicative clause. 3. Pattern: The reason (why)... is that... 4. Pattern: It/ This/ That is because... The suggestion is that they should start from beginning. The problem is who will stay. What she wants to know is which dress she should buy. That is why I go away. Things are not always as they seem to be. It appears that you’re right. It seems that you are lying. It looks as if its going to rain. It seems as if the boy has lost his way. He looked as if he had known something about it. The sky looks as if it would clear off soon. It sounds as though there is a knock at the door. An appositive is a noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns placed next to another word or phrase to identify or rename it. 1. Laura Myers, a BBC reporter, asked for an interview. 2. Influenza, a common disease, has no cure. 3. Are you two reading? 4. They three joined the school team. 　　 5. She has great concern for us students. 6. He asked you boys to be quiet. 7. The current affair, the biggest in its history, is being held in Guangzhou. 8. Carver Mead, a pioneer in integrated circuits and a professor of computer science at the California Institute of Technology, notes there are now workstations that enable engineers to design, test and produce chips right on their desks. 9. Over the periods their saliva, a mild, digestive juice like our own, was converted into a poison that defies analysis even today. Appositive Clause Appositive Clause is of