Module 1

Module 6: Sentences and Paragraphs

6.3 Clauses and Sentences

Day 5 Revision

Day 1: Main Clause vs Subordinate Clause

Main Clause主句	Can stand alone to form a sentence 可以自己獨立一句成為句子
Subordinate Clause附屬子句	CANNOT stand alone to form a sentence, it must be accompanied by a main clause需要依賴某個主句, 而不可以自己分開寫成一個句子
Noun Phrase 名詞短語	Phrase which acts like a noun. 作用好像名詞的短語
Prepositional Phrase 介詞短語	Phrase which begins with a preposition作用好像介詞的短語
Adjective Phrase形容詞短語	Phrase which acts like an adjective. 作用好像形容詞的短語

Day 2: Adjective Clause

Adjective Clauses are also called Relative Clauses. They are clauses used to modify a noun or noun phrase.

A relative clause begins with a relative pronoun. The main relative pronouns include who, which, that, whom, whose.

形容詞子句又被稱為關係子句。它們是用來修飾名詞或名詞短語的子句。

關係子句是以關係代名詞開頭的。主要關係代名詞包括 who, which, that, whom, whose.

Day 3: Preposition and Adjective Clause

The formal rule states that we cannot end an English sentence with a preposition. We can therefore put the preposition before the relative pronoun so that the relative clause does not go against the formal rule.

有一個簡例說在英文文法中，一個介詞不可以在句末出現。所以，我們可以把介詞放在關係代名詞前，以使關係子句不會違例。

Example:

The school which I studied at has been closed down.

The school at which I studied has been closed down.

Day 4: More on Noun Clauses

In addition to the five uses of noun clauses learned at level 1, we have learned two more in this unit:

v v the object of a proposition介詞的賓語	I was angry at what she said to me.
v v in apposition to a noun名詞的同位語	The idea that we travel together is very good.

*Remember that you must always put the subject before the verb in a noun clause.*

要緊記，要把名詞子句中的主語放在動詞前 !