1. 情态动词表推测
(1)对现在、将来情况的推测,用情态动词+动词原形
对现在、将来情况的肯定推测:must+动词原形
对现在、将来情况的否定推测:can’t +动词原形
对现在、将来情况的可能推测:may/might +动词原形
例句:What is he doing?
He must be sleeping./He can’t be reading./ He may/might be reading but I’m not sure.
(2)对过去情况的推测,用情态动词+have done sth.
对过去情况的肯定推测:must+have done sth.
对过去情况的否定推测:can’t +have done sth.
对过去情况的可能推测:may/might +have done sth.
例句:It must / may / might / have rained last night. The ground is wet.
The door is locked. He cannot / may ( might ) not have been at home.
2. 部分倒装:否定词前置
(1)hardly/scarcely…when…
例句:Hardly had she gone out when a student came to visit her.
她刚一出门,一个学生就来拜访她。
(2)no sooner…than…
例句:No sooner had the game begun than it began to rain heavily.
比赛刚一开始就下起了雨。
3. 动词 ing 形式作独立主格结构:逻辑主语和主句主语不一致时采用。
例句:Time permitting, we will go for a picnic tomorrow. (=f time permits, we will go for a
picnic tomorrow.) 如果时间允许,我们明天会去野餐。
4. so...as to 结构:表示“如此......以至于......”。
例句:The girl was so excited as to shout herself hoarse. 那个女孩兴奋得喊哑了嗓子。
5. even if 引导的让步状语从句:“即使”。
例句: Even if we achieve great success in our work, we should not be proud.
即使我们在工作中取得了巨大成绩,也不应该自满。