牛津英语高三模块九第四单元Grammar and usage课.ppt

* Look at the following sentences. Can you point out the subjects and predicates of them? I’ll come back in three days. There are many students in our school. In the above sentences, the subjects are I and many students, and the predicates are will come back and are. The two sentences are both simple sentences. Can you analyse the following sentences? How many simple sentences are there in them? Aunt really enjoyed France and so did I. Society has changed and the people in it have changed too. There are two simple sentences in each of the above sentences, and the conjunction and is used to connect the two sentences. This kind of sentence is called a compound sentence. Look at the following sentences: If it hadn’t been for their help, we couldn’t have finished the work on time. I wonder if your wife will go to the ball. The two sentences are complex sentences. The main clauses are we couldn’t have finished the work on time and I wonder, and the subordinate clause are If it hadn’t been for their help and if your wife will go to the ball. Look at another sentence: He completed a masterpiece and as this is the focus of the exhibition, I would like you to find out about it. In this sentence, and links two sentences. The sentence before and is a simple sentence, while the sentence after and is a complex sentence. In the complex sentence, the main clause is I would like you to find out about it, and as this is the focus of the exhibition is used as an adverbial clause. This kind of sentence is called a complex-compound sentence. The general structure of types of sentences: 1. the simple sentence: subject + predicate 2. the compound sentence: subject + predicate + and/but/or/for + subject + predicate 3. the complex sentence: main clause + subordinate clause 4. the complex-compound sentence: the simple sentence + and/but/or + the complex sentence 高考链接 See the flags on top of the building? That was ___ we did this morning. (2