7. 强调句型 It was /is…that… ; It was
/is + 时间 + when从句 ;
It is + 时间 + since从句 ;
It was not long …before…
① 强调句型与It is
/was + 时间 + when从句
在上述句型中it指时间, when引导的是时间状语从句.
注意两种 “时间” 的表达方式的不同.
It was at night that I got back home
yesterday .
It was midnight when I got here
yesterday .
② 强调句型与It is+
时间 + since从句
It
is …since…表示 “自从……以来已有……(时间)”
注意两个句型中的时态一般不同.
It was two years ago that I began to learn
English .
It is two years since I began to learn
English
It is two years that he spends on English
every day .
③ 强调句型与It was
not long…before … 从句上述句型可有以下几个句式:
It was not long before …
It won’t be long before …
It was (not) two years
/days/ … before …
It will (not) be two years/days before…
It was two years before he came back
from abroad .
It was two years later that he came
back from abroad .