Question

一道高中英语题。

Do you think the football match would be put off___tomorrow?
A were it to rain B would it rain C could it rain D had it rained
答案A，请解释一下。

Answer 1

原句应为Do you think the football match would be put off if it were to rain tomorrow?
这是if条件句的虚拟语气
把if去掉，be动词提前
句意要问的是明天的事情，所以用were to do（呼应虚拟语气）

追问

为什么不用are it to rain ?

追答

因为虚拟里are就是用were的

Answer 2

虚拟语气中的倒装
当 if 虚拟条件句中有should had 或 were时，可省略 if 并将这些词提前进行倒装
Do you think the football match would be put off were it to rain tomorrow?
原来是Do you think the football match would be put off if it were to rain tomorrow?

追问

为什么不用are it to rain ?

追答

“are it to rain”
首先不是虚拟语气，只有虚拟语气有此用法
而且谓语动词也应该是is（主语是it）

Answer 3

虚拟语气。
其中 if 引导的从句中，把were提前，省略了 if 。
句意为：你觉得明天下雨的话，足球比赛会推迟举行吗？