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语法精讲之主句和从句时态的呼应+练习
某些复合句中的从句,主要是宾语从句中的时态常受主句的时态的影响而发生必要的转换,这种现象叫时态的呼应或时态的一致。
(一)宾语从句中时态呼应的规律
1.主句中的谓语动词是各种现在时态或将来时态时,从句中的谓语动词的时态不受主句谓语动词时态的影响,可根据意思的需要选用任何适当的时态。例如:
Mrs.Brown says her son studies/studied/will study/medicine.布朗夫人说她儿子学习/曾经学习/将要学习医学。
I can't make out what you are talking/talked/will talk about.我不明白你在讲/讲过/将要讲些什么。
I'll tell you what I saw in Australia.我会把我在澳大利亚看到的情况告诉你。
2.主句中的谓语动词如果是过去时态,从句的谓语动词就要用过去时态。有三种情况。
(1)如果从句的谓语所表示的动作跟主句的动作同时或几乎同时发生,则从句的谓语动词用一般过去时或过去进行时。例如:
I knew he was deeply troubled…(Ross Santee)我知道他非常苦恼……
She saw how wet his hair was when he came into the house.(Fred Gipson)当他进屋子时,她看见他的头发都湿透了。
She wondered what he was doing.她想知道他在干什么。
I knew that the child was sleeping.我知道孩子正在睡。
(2)如果从句的谓语动词所表示的动作发生在主句的动作之前,则从句的谓语动词用过去完成时或过去完成进行时。例如:
He didn't eat his dinner, and one of the boys said he had gone for a walk in the woods.(M.K.Rawlings)他没吃午饭,况且还有个男孩说他曾经去了树林里散步。
She asked me if I had made one(joke)just at the time of the catastrophe.她问我,那场灾难发生时我是否在说笑话。
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