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In compound sentence with a predicative, when the predicative is a sentence(clause), we call it predicative clause.
conjunctions:
that (when predicative clause is a statement)
whether (when predicative clause is a yes-no question)
linking pronouns:
who, what, which, (+ever)
linking adverbs:
when, where, how, why
when predicative clause is a wh-question
as if, as though, because
It looks as if they have succeeded in their experiment. (real)
The stuffed dog barked as if it were (was) a real one.
It seems as if I am the first one here.
1. after linking verbs
2. describe the subject
3. what it is, and how it is
4. noun, pronoun, numeral, adjective, adverb, prepositional phrase, infinitive, and clause
He paused as if expecting Tom to speak.
He listened as though (he was) turning to a stone.
be, look, feel, taste, get, turn,
keep, smell, become
Andy and I are both teachers.
She looks like 8 years old.
This room smells like feet.
He will turn 18 next week.
These kids are all mine.
My opinion is that everyone should fully devote themselves into the preparation of college application.
That's what you guys are supposed to do in high school.
This is where we first met before we know each other very well.
The question is whether he will work hard enough so that he can come back to us.
She seems as if she had worked extremely hard lately.
If a pencil is partly in a glass of water, it looks as though it were broken.
1. "That" is not omissible.
2. "If" is not applicable, but "as if" is exceptional.
3. The word order can only be the statement order.
4. The tense in the predicative clause can be different from that in the main clause according to the context.
5. "That's why...." v.s."That's the reason why..."
6. "That's why..." v.s. "That's because..."
7. "It isn't as if......"
Here, we will really start to talk about predicative.
Types of verbs
1. Action verbs: transitive verbs with a necessary object and intransitive verbs without any object (if they need object, a preposition is needed)
2. Linking verbs: no meaning. They work with predicative to form predicate.
3. Auxiliary verbs: o meaning, but work with action verbs to form predicate to show tenses, voices, tones, and to form questions and negative sentences. (be, do, have, will, shall)
4. Modal verbs: with meaning, unable to be predicate alone, but work with action verbs to show capability, permission, possibility, necessity, and intention, etc.
action verbs
linking verbs
auxiliary verbs
modal verbs
1. She gave him a cushion as his birthday present.
2. Don't stare at the window. You need to focus on what the teacher is teaching you.
3. I feel exhausted every Thursday evening.
4. It is getting colder and colder.
5. Miss Dry wants to know whether I will be available tomorrow.
6. People always imagine that some day they can fly in the sky.
be, look, feel, taste, get, turn, keep, smell, become