强调句型使用十要素
It is/was+...who/that强调句型使用频率很高,高考也很注重对它的考查,然而该句型结构复杂,变化多样,在实际使用过程中颇有难度。笔者认为使用强调句型时应注意下列十要素(本文前五个要素合并举例说明,后五个要素分别举例说明)
一、如果强调句型指现在或未来情况用It is,指过去情况用It was。
二、被强调部分往往是句子的主语、宾语、时间状语和地点状语,但有时也可强调比较复杂的内容,如时间状语从句、条件状语从句、not until...、not only...but also...、...as well as...等结构。
三、被强调部分是人称代词时,原句用什么格,强调句也用什么格。
四、被强调部分如果是主格人称代词时,who/that后的动词应和该主格人称代词在人称和数上保持一致。
五、关于强调词的选用,强调人时可用who或that;如果不强调人一律用that。此时绝不能和定语从句混淆,被强调部分为时间状语、地点状语或者原因状语时不能误用when、where或why。
例1:It was him who/that I saw the day before yesterday.
析:该句原句为:I saw him the day before yesterday.该句指过去情况,所以强调句型应使用It was开头;被强调部分为原句宾语-宾格人称代词him,所以强调句型仍用him作被强调部分;被强调部分指人,所以用who或that。
例2:It was in the street that I met him yesterday.
析:该句原句为:I met him in the street yesterday.该句仍指过去情况,所以强调句型仍以It was开头,被强调部分虽为地点状语,但不能用where,只能用that。
例3:It was because he was seriously ill that he died.
析:该句原句为:He died because he was seriously ill.被强调部分为结构复杂的原因状语从句,但不能用why,只能用that。
六、强调句型的一般疑问句结构为:Is /Was it…who/that…
例4:Was it during the Second World War that he died?
析:该句虽不以It was开头,而以Was it开头,是强调句型的一般疑问句形式。所以当被强调部分为时间状语时,应用that。
七、强调句型的特殊疑问句结构为:特殊疑问词+is /was it that… (强调句型的特殊疑问句只能强调特殊疑问词)
例5:Where was it that you found your lost pen?
析:该句虽以Where开头,但后边的was it仍说明该句使用的是强调句型,被强调部分为特殊疑问词where,表地点,所以应使用that。
八、强调句型中的is /was前面可用must /may /might等表推测的情态动词。
例6:It might be in this room that he met her.
析:该句It was的was前面虽用might,但该句仍然是强调句。
九、被强调部分为时间状语和地点状语时,有可能先接定语从句,再接强调句型,应多加思考,不能混用。
例7:It was on October 1st,1949when he joined the Party that he was killed.
析:该句的中心不是说明1949年10月1日他入党,而是说1949年10月1日他被杀害,he joined the Party是定语从句,所以,首先是when引导的定语从句,然后是that强调句。
十、判断强调句型的使用是否正确的方法是将强调结构去掉,如果去掉强调结构后的句子仍然正确,强调句型就正确,否则就不正确。
例8:It was six years ago that he went to Tokyo.
析:该句强调句型使用正确,因为去掉强调结构后,该句仍然是一正确句子。即:Six years ago he went to Tokyo.
It is …that英语句型系列补充强化训练
1.--Where was______you picked up the wallet﹖
--Just near the school gate.
A. it B. it that C. the place D. the place that
2. I must find out why______so many students made the same mistake.
A. is it that B. was it which C. it is what D. it was that
3. How many years is it______your sister came to work here﹖
A. after B. since C. before D. until
4. Is it in the factory________you visited last week________this kind of car is made﹖
A./?thatB. where?whenC. where?thatD./?when
5.____It's a long time_______I saw you last.
--Yes?and what a pity since it will be a long time______we see each other again.
A. since?before B. before?since C. until?after D. after?until
6. It was because of bad weather______the football match had to be put off.
A. so B. so that C. why D. that
7.It was his remarks_____left me wondering about his real purpose.
A. which B. what C. where D. that
8. -- Was it in 1969______the American astronaut succeeded______landing on the moon﹖
--- Quite right.
A. when?on B. that?on C. when?in D. that?in
9.It was not until 1920______regular radio broadcasts began.?NMET 95?
A. while B. which C. that D. since
10.______is a fact that English is being accepted as an international language.?NMET 95?
A. There B. This C. That D. It
11._____was in 1979_____I graduated from the university.?NMET 98?上海?
A. That?that B. It?that C .That?when D. It?when
12. It was for this reason______her uncle moved out of New York and settled down in a small village. ?NMT 2001春,上海?
A. which B. why C. that D. how
13. It is the protection for the trees____really matters?rather than how many trees are planted.
A. what B. that C./D. which
14.-- Was that the new comer who walked by﹖_____.
A. It must be that B. It must have been C. He must be D. This must have been
15. Our classroom is very clean.Do you nowho__cleanedit﹖
A. was it that B. it was that C. was it who D.he was
16. Now then?children. It's high time you______and dressed.
A. washed B. should wash C. were washed D. are washed
17._____the people have become the master of their own country_______science can really serve the people.
A. It is only then;that B. It was that;when
C. It is only when;that D. It was when;then
18. It was_________I met Mr. Green in Shanghai.
A. ten years since B. many years ago that
C. five years until D. Two months when
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