1. when 引导的状语从句
(1)when可以和延续性动词连用,也可以和短暂性动词连用。
例句:Why do you want a new job when you’ve got such a good one already?(get为短暂性动词)你已经找到如此好的工作,为何还想再找新的?
when从句的谓语动词可以在主句谓语动作之前、之后或同时发生。
例句:When he had finished his homework,he took a short rest.(finished先发生)当他完成作业后,他休息了一会儿。
When I got to the airport,the guests had left.(got to后发生)当我赶到飞机场时,客人们已经离开了。
2. that 引导的宾语从句
名词从句作动词宾语时,前面的that常被省略,特别是在非正式语体中。
例句:I suggested (that) they should drive along the coast. 我建议他们沿着海岸开车。
I hoped (that) I would / should succeed. 我曾希望我会成功。
3. which 引导的主语从句。
例句:Which book they will choose is still unknown. 他们将选择哪本书仍然不被人知。
4.过去完成时和过去将来时
(1)过去完成时(past perfect tense):强调的是过去某一动作或状态发生在另一动作前或过去某个时间常常用到的时态,或指在过去某个时间段已经发生的事情,它就是过去的过去。 ①表示发生在过去的动作对现在造成的某种影响或结果,用来指定在另一个过去行动之前就已经完成了的一个事件。②过去某动作一直持续到现在将来可能还要延续下去。句中的动作发生在过去之前(过去的过去),即过去完成时动作发生在过去的过去。例句: He said he had been to Beijing twice. 他说他已经去过北京两次。
(2)过去将来时表示在过去某个时间看来将要发生的动作或存在的状态。即:过去将来时是“立足过去,着眼未来”的一种时态, 常用于宾语从句中。判断这种时态的依据是:要有表示过去的“动作”, 而不是时间。例句:I heard that they were going to return to Shanghai soon. 我听说他们不久要回到上海。
5. there be句型:表示的是 “某处有(存在)某人或某物”,其结构为There be (is,are,was, were )+名词+地点状语。例句:There are fifty-two students in our class. 教室里有52个学生。