(代名词性从句作形式主语)
14.It was unknown whether they would be killed or
not.
(代名词性从句作形式主语)
15.He felt it his duty to help others.
(代不定式短语作形式宾语)
16.We think it important that college students should
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Translate the following sentences, and tell the functions of it.
1.Who’s knocking at the door? It’s me. (person) 2. Look at the poor little baby. It is crying again.(person)
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6.When he was about to go out, it began to rain. It was when he was about to go out that it began to rain.
It was Tom that they met in the street yesterday. (宾语)
Was it in the street that they met Tom yesterday? (地点状语)
It was yesterday that they met Tom in the street. (时间状语)
When was it that they met Tom in the street? (时间状语)
强调句结构：
It is/was +被强调部分+that(who)+句子
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用强调结构改写下列句子（强调画线部分）
1.I am looking for my English teacher. It is my English teacher that I am looking for.
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3. This is not my book. It is Mary’s. (object) 4. Whose jacket is that? It is mine. (pronoun)
5. It’s half past five now. (time)
6. It’s getting colder and colder. (weather)
(代不定式短语作形式主语)
11.It is no use learning these figures by heart.
(代动名词短语作形式主语)
12.It is quite right that you did that.
13.It is not (y代et名k词no性w从n w句h作er形e 式sh主e h语as) gone.
It was in 1992 that he went to college.
5.He did not go to school yesterday because he was ill.
It was because he was ill that he did not go to school
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It is certain that he will get on well with them. 5.You may find to clean up the oil on the clothes difficult. You may find it difficult to clean up the oil on the clothes.
It will be useless learning English without practice. 3.Whether he can go to a key university or not is unknown.
It is unknown whether he can go to a key university or not. 4.That he will get on well with them is certain.
7. Is it very far to the post office? (distance)
8. It was very quiet at the moment. (environment)
9. How2020i/s12/i1t0 getting with you? (situation)
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10.It was wrong for you not to help her.
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Translate the following sentences and tell the functions of it.
They met Tom in the street yesterday.
It was they who/that met Tom in the street yesterday. (主语)
master at least one foreign language.
(代名词性从句作形式宾语)
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Rewrite the following sentences using it. 1.To run business successfully in this area is very difficult. It is very difficult to run business successfully in this area. 2.Learning English without practice will be useless.
2.The people in the country are friendly to us. It is the people in the country who are friendly to us.
3.Did he find a book under the desk?
Was it a book that he found under the desk? 4.He went to college in 1992.