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Grammar
Noun Clauses
Noun Clauses as the Subject
The boy asked _______________________________
I. Review
if/whether she had passed her exam.
Have you passed your exam?
I don’t want to talk about that.
The student’s real reason is
_____________________________
that he has spent time on games.
Why didn’t you hand in your homework on time?
I’ve spent time on games.
I. Review
The son wants to know
__________________________.
when they will go to the park
Dad, when will we go to the park?
I. Review
II. Discovering
Dad, when will we go to the park?
It hasn’t been decided.
____________________________
hasn’t been decided.
When they will go to the park
_____________________________________
is unnecessarily a discussible question.
II. Discovering
Is it necessary to call a plumber(水管工)?
Whether it is necessary to call a plumber
Which locker is Adam’s can be found out.
Mrs. Anderson, I forget which locker is mine.
Don’t worry, Adam. Your name is on your locker.
II. Discovering
That she fell into the river makes her look like a drowned rat.
II. Discovering
____________________________________________ is unknown.
How birds communicate with each other is studied by scientists.
II. Discovering
Steve! Why are you wearing a suit of armour to work?
Why he is wearing a suit of armour to work
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When they will go to the park hasn’t been decided.
Whether it is necessary to call a plumber is unnecessarily a discussible question.
Which locker is Adam’s can be found out.
That she fell into the river makes her look like a drowned rat.
Why he is wearing a suit of armour to work is unknown.
How birds communicate with each other is studied by scientists.
II. Discovering
III. Exploring
YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR OWN STRENGTH!
That you can turn into superwoman or superman in an emergency is not a novel idea. It is reported that Mrs Pam Weldon’s baby nearly slipped under the wheels of a car. Mrs Weldon weighs only 50 kilos, but she lifted the car to save her baby. Whether you can perform such a feat is the question you want to ask. The chances are that you can. Doctors say that we can find great reserves of strength when we are afraid. What can turn us in to superwomen or supermen is adrenalin!
Underline noun clauses as subject in this text.
Noun clause - SUBJECT
1. That you can turn into superwoman or superman in an emergency
is not a novel idea.
You can turn into superwoman or superman in an emergency is not a novel idea.
When we use that-clause as an subject, we _______ (can/cannot) omit that.
?
III. Exploring
cannot
That her baby nearly slipped under the wheels of a car is reported.
2. It is reported that Mrs Pam Weldon’s baby nearly slipped under the wheels of a car.
If that-clause as an subject is too long, it’s more common to use the structure: _____________
It … that …
?
III. Exploring
Noun clause - SUBJECT
3. Whether you can perform such feat
is the question you want to ask.
If you can perform such feats is the question you want to ask.
If and whether are similar in meaning but we often use _______ (if/whether) to introduce noun clauses as subject.
whether
III. Exploring
?
Noun clause - SUBJECT
4. What can turn us in to superwomen or supermen
is adrenalin!
a. Adrenalin can turn us into superwomen or supermen.
Noun clauses as subject can be used to add emphasis(强调).
b. It is Adrenalin that can turn us into superwomen or superman.
III. Exploring
IV. Practice
i. add emphasis by using noun clauses as subject.
e.g. I saw John last night.
? Who I saw last night was John.
I saw John last night.
I go to school on foot.
Jane wants to live in the United States.
He came to apologize.
? ____ I saw John was last night.
? ____ I go to school is on foot.
______ this waitress needs is some more training.
What
______ she’s still got a job as a waitress is a miracle (奇迹).
That
IV. Practice
i. Complete the sentences.
IV. Practice
a. Will the man win the match?
________ the man will win the match remains a question.
Whether
b. Who will win the match? That remains to be seen.
____________________ remains to be seen.
Who will win the match
i. Complete the sentences.
____ was obvious ______ George failed his driving test.
It
that
IV. Practice
i. Complete the sentences.
IV. Practice
ii. Rewrite each of the following sentences with noun clauses as subject.
New members have to buy the first round.
It’s an old tradition.
______________________________________
That new members have to buy the first round is an old tradition.
It’s an old tradition that new members have to buy the first round.
IV. Practice
ii. Rewrite each of the following sentences with noun clauses as subject.
a People have different attitudes towards the European Union. That is my experience in Ukraine (乌克兰).
That _____________________________________________
b We might go that restaurant again or we might not. It’s not decided.
Whether _________________________________________
c He didn’t even phone me at Christmas which made me really angry.
What ____________________________________________
d Where is MH370? It is still an unexplained mystery.
Where ____________________________________________
V. Use
What do you want to show if First Lady and her daughters visit Xi’an Middle School?
What I want to show is…
V. Use
Speaking at the Stanford Center at Peking University in Beijing on Saturday, Michelle Obama said study abroad allows students to realize that countries all have a stake in each other's success.
e.g. What challenges me most now is lack of sleep. I snap in every first class of morning. It is obvious that I cannot study effectively if I make no change. What I need to do is to manage my time better. It is said that creating a “To Do” list is helpful, so I’m trying it.
V. Use
How are you getting along with your study now?
What’s the challenge? How do you respond to it?
What’s the most challenging is Physics/ History/ to prepare Mathematical Olympiad/ to find out my strengths and weakness/ …
Whether I will win a medal/ I will go beyond myself… is not clear/ certain.
It’s likely that I can make progress / improve … by…
It appears/seems that …
Homework assessment
What’s your study plan for the future?
V. Use
As for my study plan for the future, which university I want to enter is …
Why I love this university is because…
What I should major in(主修专业) is …
That … is interesting.
…
It is said that study aboard can …
…