表語從句的引導詞:
引導表語從句的詞有連詞that, whether,連接代詞和連接副詞,關系代詞型what,以及as if, as though, because等連詞。
1、 由that引導
The question is whether the film is worth seeing. 問題是這部電影是否值得看。
注意:whether 可引導表語從句,但與之同義的if卻通常不用于引導表語從句。
2、由連接代詞引導
You are not who I thought you were. 你已不是我過去所想像的人。
3、由連接副詞引導
The problem is how we can find him. 問題是我們如何找到他。
4、由關系代詞型what引導
He is no longer what he was. 他已經不是以前的他了。
5、由as if / as though引導
It is not as though we were poor. 又不是我們家里窮。