Презентация по английскому языку Ways of expressing the subject

The subject Ways of expressing the subject : The subject can be expressed by : A numeral (either cardinal or ordinal) : Seven cannot be divided by two. The third was a young man with a dog. A nominal phrase with a numeral : Two of them were left in the camp. It can be expressed by : An infinitive : To understand is to forgive. An infinitive phrase : To deny the past is to deny the future. Expressed by : A gerund : Talking mends no holes. A gerundial phrase : Working for someone keeps a woman calm and content. Expressed by : An infinitive : For her to fall asleep in broad daylight was not at all usual. A gerundial predicative complex : It was no good his coming back. His walking out of the room in the very middle of the argument was quite unexpected. Expressed by : Any word or words used as quotations : “And” is a conjunction. The “how” and the “why” of things never seems to occur to children. His “how do you do” never sounds cordial enough. Expressed by : A clause which makes the whole sentence a complex one : What girls of her sort want is just a wedding ring.