初中英语教材中涉及到的复合句主要有：The Object Clause (宾语从句)、The Adverbial Clause (状语从句) 和 The Attributive Clause (定语从句)。其它诸如主语从句、表语从句、同位语从句等形式的复合句尽管在教材中也有出现，但在中考中没有被列为重点考查范围。
Ⅰ. The Object Clause (宾语从句)
宾语从句是英语中用来充当宾语的句子。带有宾语从句的那个句子叫主句。宾语从句一般由“引导词+主语+谓语+其它”构成，其语序是陈述句语序。
A) Introduced by that
主句的谓语动词是say, think, tell, know, hear, see, feel, mean, hope, wish, remember, forget等时，或主句的谓语动词是由形容词afraid, glad, sure, sorry等作表语的系表结构时，后面常接that引导的宾语从句。
e.g. He says that he wants to speak to the
headmaster.
I’m sorry (that) he isn’t here right now.Note:1. that 的省略：
that 引导的宾语从句用来陈述事实，that本身无词义，在从句
中不作任何成分，在口语中或非正式文体中常常可被省略。
e.g. I guess (that) somebody else has borrowed it.
I’m afraid (that) you’ll have to wait.
