獨(dú)立主格類型1：名詞（代詞）+現(xiàn)在分詞 The question being settled,we went home.問題解決之后,我們就回家了.We shall play the match tomorrow,weather permitting.明天假設(shè)天氣好,我們就進(jìn)行比賽.The monitor being ill,we’d better put the meeting off.班長病了,我們最好還是延期開會吧.
獨(dú)立主格類型2：名詞（代詞）+過去分詞 The job finished,we went home.工作結(jié)束后我們就回家了.The last bus having gone,we had to walk home.最后一班公車已經(jīng)走了,我們必須走路回家.More time given,we should have done the job much better.如果給我們更多的時間,我們會把工作做得更好.
獨(dú)立主格類型3：名詞（代詞）+不定式 Nobody to come tomorrow,we will have to put off the meeting till next week.
獨(dú)立主格類型4：名詞（代詞）+介詞短語 The soldiers dashed in,rifle in hand
獨(dú)立主格類型5：名詞（代詞）+形容詞或副詞 He sat in the front row,his mouth half open
獨(dú)立主格類型6：There being +名詞（代詞） There being nothing else to do,we went home
獨(dú)立主格類型7：It being +名詞（代詞） It being Christmas,the government offices were closed
說明：獨(dú)立主格結(jié)構(gòu)有時可在其前加上介詞with.如：Don’t sleep with the windows open
請看下面一道題 Not far from the school there was a garden,_________ owner seated in it playing chess with his little grandson every afternoon.A.its B.whose C.which D.that