Grammar -----Subject.pptVIP

Grammar Subject 主语可以用下面这些成分表示：名词、代词、数词、动名词、不定式、词组、从句。 Subject 主语 e.g. Are there other universes outside our own? 我们的宇宙之外还有别的宇宙吗？ Who is on the phone? 谁来电话？ Two-thirds of them are college students. 他们中间三分之二是大学生。 Reading French is easier than speaking it. 阅读法语比讲法语容易。 To understand this sentence is difficult. 理解这句话有点困难。 “Safety First” is our slogan. “安全第一”是我们的口号。 What she saw gave her a little fright. 她看到的情况使她有点吃惊。 Why he did it will remain a puzzle forever. 他为什么这样做将永远是个谜。 You can find the subject of a sentence if you can find the verb. Ask the question, “Who or what ‘verbs’ or ‘verbed’?” and the answer to that question is the subject. e.g. Ashrita Furman is a sportsman who likes the challenge of breaking Guinness records. 【注意】 1. In English, the subject of a command, order, or suggestion - you, the person being directed is usually left out of the sentence and is said to be the understood subject. e.g. 1. You step lively there, or Ill leave you behind! 2. Before assembling the swing set, you read these instructions carefully. 2. For purpose of sentence analysis, the doer or the initiator of an action in a sentence is referred to as the agent of the sentence. In an active sentence, the subject is the agent. e.g. 1. The Johnsons added a double garage to their house. 2. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. 1. Underline the subject in these sentences. 1. Everything that we do is a step in one direction or another. Even the failure to do something is in itself a deed. It sets us forward or backward. Exercise on P5 2. Some conceptions of a gentleman are these: a gentleman is always considerate for the feelings of others; he has tacthe knows how to say and to do the right thing at the right time. 3. To regret one’s errors to the point of not repeating them is true repentance. 4. The be