被强调的部分是单数还是复数决定了谓语动词的形式 在强调句中,即使主语是复数,但由于强调的是单个实体或概念,谓语动词可能使用单数形式。例如: * It is the quality, not the quantity, that matters. 在英语强调句中,当被强调的部分是单数名词或代词时,谓语动词通常也会用单数形式。这是因为强调句的结构是将要强调的部分放在“It was … that …”的结构中,而真正的主语仍然在“that”后面,因此谓语动词的数应与真正的主语保持一致。 例如,如果原句是“She gave me a book.”,要强调“她”这个主语,可以说成“It was she that gave me a book.”。在这个强调句中,“she”是单数主语,所以谓语“gave”也是单数形式。 同样地,如果要强调“一本书”这个宾语,可以说成“It was a book that she gave me.”。在这个句子中,“a book”是单数宾语,但由于真正的主语“she”是单数,所以谓语“gave”仍然用单数形式。 新概念英语mp3 高中英语单词听力 新概念英语mp3下载 人教版初中英语mp3 需要注意的是,当被强调的部分是复数名词或代词时,谓语动词应使用复数形式。例如,“It were the books that she gave me.”(她给我的是那些书。)在这个句子中,“the books”是复数宾语,所以谓语“were”也用了复数形式。 总之,在英语强调句中,谓语动词的数应与真正的主语保持一致,而不是与被强调的部分保持一致。 练习题 1. It was the young man ______ saved the drowning child. a) that b) who c) whom d) which 2. It was not until midnight ______ they reached the camp site. a) that b) when c) where d) which 3. It is the ability to do the job ______ matters, not who you are. a) what b) that c) who d) which 4. ______ was the last thing that I expected. a) This b) That c) It d) What 5. It was in the small house ______ was built with stones ______ he spent his childhood. a) which, that b) that, which c) which, which d) that, that 答案 1. a) that 解释:强调句中使用“It was … that …”结构,被强调部分是主语“the young man”,所以使用“that”。 2. a) that 解释:这是一个强调句,用“It was not until … that …”结构,强调“直到午夜”这个时间点,所以使用“that”。 3. b) that 解释:这是一个强调句,强调“做这项工作的能力”,所以使用“that”,并且“that”可以省略。 4. c) It 解释:这是一个强调句,用“It was … that …”结构,但被强调的部分省略了,而“It”作为形式主语代替真正的主语,所以选“It”。 5. d) that, that 解释:第一个“that”引导定语从句,修饰“the small house”,第二个“that”引导强调句,强调“他度过童年的地方”,所以两个都是“that”。 ![]() |
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