Grammar Revision–

1. Grammar Revision– the Object Clause 舒城县桃溪中学 吕秀伟

2. 一、What’s the Object Clause？ Look at the two sentences. 1. I know who she is. _________ 2. Can you explain why you are late again? _________________ Definition ：The Object Clause refers to the clause serving as the object of a complex sentence.

3. Find out the Object Clauses in the sentences. 1.Do you know who is the first Chinese astronaut? ___________________________ ___ 2.Try to find out whether she feels lonely without you. __________________________ ____ 3.Our teacher told us that the earth goes around the sun. ______________________ ______ 4.I’m sure that she regrets hurting you. _______________________ 5.I asked her why she smiled at me that day. ________________________ 6.I don’t know if he will arrive in time. __________________

4. 二、The guiding words of the Object Clause 1.that e.g. I believe ( that ) we’ll become good friends. 2.what，who, whom, whose， where，when, how, why e.g. He didn’t say what he bought yesterday. Do you know why she treats you like that? Can you tell me where he is? I can’t remember when I first met him.

5. 3.whether，if e.g.Alice wants to know whether/if her grand- mother liked the bag. I don’t know whether or not they will come to help us.

6. ifVS whether • I don’t know whether he will come or not. • I don’t care of whether he is handsome. • He wondered whether to stay here the next week. • Whether he will come is not decided.

7. 三、The order of the Object Clause Notice: All of the guiding words should be put at the beginning of Object Clause and the clause should be affirmative. Excuse me, can you tell me when the plane leaves? Do you know who will teach us English this term? ____ _______ _____ ___ ________

8. 四、The tense of the Object Clause 1.If the main sentence is the simple present tense, the Object Clause can adopt any proper tense. He says he will go back tomorrow. We don’t know who took away the book. 2.If the main sentence is the simple past tense, the Object Clause can only use proper past tenses. He told me that he was born in Beijing in 1992.He said that he would go back to the U.S. soon.

9. 3. If what the Object Clause states is anobjective fact or truth, even if the main sentence uses the past tense, the clause should still use the simple present tense. The teacher said that the earth moves around the sun.

10. Choose the best answer from the items. C • １．Do you know _____? • A. where does she live B. she lives where • C. where she lives D. where she live • 2. His parents wanted to know what he ____at that time. • is doing B. was doing • C. has done D. will do B

11. A 3. The girls asked if they ____ some food and drink with them. 5. I don’t know ____ or not he will come here tomorrow. A. if B. that C. what D. whether • took B. take • C. takes D. will take C 4. Linda said the moon___ round the earth. A. travelled B. has travelled C. travels D. had travelled D