Characteristics of object, attribute and predicative clauses

A clause is relative to the main sentence, that is, it is subordinate to the main sentence and cannot be used as a sentence alone.

There are three main clauses in English.

That is, nominal clauses (including subject clauses, object clauses, predicative clauses and appositive clauses),

Adjective clauses (that is, attributive clauses),

Adverbial clause (adverbial clause, including time, conditions, results, purposes, reasons, concessions, places, ways, etc. ).

The subject clause is used as the subject,

For example:

that

this

earth

be

alternately

be

That's right.

It is a fact that the earth is round.

An object clause is used as an object.

For example:

do

you

know

where

he

Life?

Predicative clauses are used as predications,

For example:

my

idea

be

that

you

should

no

go to

One person.

My opinion is that you shouldn't go alone.

Appositive clauses are used to explain the preceding nouns.

For example:

this

fact

that

this

earth

be

alternately

be

That's right.

The fact that the earth is round is true. That clause is used to explain.

Fact)

The attributive clause is equivalent to an adjective, which is used to modify the previous noun.

For example:

this

student

who

answer

this

question

be

John.

The student who answered this question is John.

Adverbial clauses are equivalent to adverbs,

For example:

while

it

It's raining,

I

usually

go to

arrive

school

pass by

Bus.

When it rains, I usually go to school by bus. (adverbial of time)

if

he

come

Tomorrow,

you

will

see

He ...

If he comes tomorrow, you can see him.

(If

Guiding conditional adverbial clause, its structure is: if

+adverbial clause,+main clause).

It should be noted that there is a rule in the adverbial clause that "the subject will come from the present", that is, the main clause is the future tense, so the clause should use the general present tense to represent the future.

The main clause and the subordinate clause are divided in the same way.

It is relatively easy to separate the components of a sentence from the predicate verb. The part in front of the predicate verb is the subject, followed by the object. It is an adverbial modifier of predicate verbs and an attribute modifier of subject and object. If the predicate is a copula, the part behind the copula is the predicate.

For example:

I

be

a

Teacher.

Where am I?

Is the subject, am is the predicate, a

teacher

This is a predicative.

male

like

Performance, style, etc of playing; Play (music)

soccer

very

Musi.

He is the subject and likes is the predicate.

Performance, style, etc of playing; Play (music)

Football is the object, very

Much is an adverbial.