简单句中的省略

　　1、省略主语 祈使句中主语通常省略；其它省略主语多限于少数现成的说法。

　　(1) (I) Thank you for your help.

　　(2) (I) See you tomorrow.

　　(3) (It) Doesn’t matter.

　　(4) (I) Beg your pardon

　　2、省略主谓或主谓语的一部分

　　(1) (There is) No smoking .

　　(2) (Is there) Anything wrong ?

　　(3) (Will you) Have a smoke ?

　　(4) What/How (do you think) about a cup of tea ?

　　(5) Why (do you) not say hello to him ?

　　3、省略作宾语的不定式短语，只保留to，但如果该宾语是动词be或完成时态，则须在之后加上be或have:

　　(1) –Are you going there? --Yes, I’d like to (go there).

　　(2) He didn’t give me the chance, though he had promised to (give me the chance).

　　(3) –Are you an engineer? --No, but I want to be.

　　(4) –He hasn’t finished the task yet. --Well, he ought to have.

　　4、省略表语

　　(1) –Are you thirsty? --Yes, I am (thirsty). 

　　(2) His brother isn’t lazy, nor is his sister (lazy).

　　5、同时省略几个成分

　　(1) Let’s meet at the same place as (we met) yesterday.

　　(2) –-Have you finished your work ?

　　---(I have) Not (finished my work) yet.

　　主从复合句中的省略

　　1、主句中有一些成分被省略

　　(1) ( I’m ) Sorry to hear you are ill.

　　(2) ( It’s a ) Pity that he missed such a good chance.

　　2、主句中有一些成分被省略

　　(1) –Is he coming back tonight? --I think so.

　　(2) –She must be busy now? --If so, she can’t go with us.

　　(3) –Is she feeling better today? --I’m afraid not.

　　(4) –Do you think he will attend the meeting? --I guess not.

　　这种用法常见的有：How so? Why so? Is that so? I hope so. He said so.及I suppose/believe/hope not.

　　并列句中的省略

　　两个并列句中，后一个分句常省略与前一分句中相同的部分。

　　(1) My father is a doctor and my mother (is) a nurse.

　　(2) I study at college and my sister (studies) at high school.

　　(3) When summer comes, the day is getting longer and longer, and the night (is getting) shorter and shorter.