He is pretending that ..这结构是什么从句,that能省略吗？
He is pretending that the bathtub is a swimming pool. It is just pretend ,isn't it?He is pretending这里的pretend是动词(及物动词) that the bathtub is a swimming pool 是一个宾语从句 (引导词that可以省略)英文中的现在分词主要是修饰的作用，可以当成一个"形容词"来使用，后面经常接一个"名词"。(现在分词后面肯定不能接从句，这也是辨别现在分词和动词的现在时态的重要方法)不能改were. were表示一种假设语气，但是pretend已经有一个假设的语气了，2者矛盾重复。你只能选一个。用were也行，pretend就不能用了。the bathtub were a swimming pool, and he is swimming there.
pretending是什么意思
pretending[英][prɪ'tendɪŋ][美][prɪ'tendɪŋ]
v.伪装; 假装( pretend的现在分词 ); （尤指儿童）（在游戏中）装扮; 自诩;
例句:
1.
It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him.
当我意识到不能假装没看见他时，我只好向他打了个招呼。
2.
That is why pretending to believe in total nuclear disarmament may be a necessary piece of westernhypocrisy.
正因如此，假装相信全面核裁军可能是西方式伪善的题中应有之义。
3.
Each of them had obediently tied a white napkin on their head and was pretending to be a sheikh in order tolearn about trust.
所有人都毕恭毕敬的在头上系了一块白色餐巾，装成一副酋长的样子，学习关于信任的道理。
4.
So you've been pretending to go to work for three weeks?
这么说你已经连着三个礼拜装作每天去上班？
5.
But peter cook played harold macmillan as a bumbling old buffer, who was bravely pretending against allevidence that the uk still led the world.
麦克米伦（harold macmillan）扮演成了一个装模作样的老家伙他勇敢的伪装，戳破了英国仍然是全世界老大的假象。
望采纳，谢谢
Pretend这是什么意思？
pretend [pri'tend; pri:-]vt.1.假装；伪装；假托；借口：to pretend ignorance of the law假装不知法2.伪称，佯称：to pretend anger佯装发怒3.自命；自称；声称：to pretend to be astronauts自称是宇航员4.(演戏等中)装扮：boys pretending that they are old men装扮为老人的男孩们5.试图；敢于；妄为：I do not pretend to criticize,but…我并不想妄加批评，不过…6.[废语](为隐藏、隐瞒或防卫而)提出，提供，搬出vi.1.自封；自求；宣称：to pretend to talent自称有才能2.觊觎；妄求：to pretend to a throne觊觎王位3.假装，伪装，装作He was only pretending.他只是在装。4.追求；求婚：to pretend to a woman向女人求婚adj.1.假装的；自命的2.仿制的；伪造的
pretend后面跟什么是do还是to do 还是doing
pretend后面是to do
通常pretend后可以接四种：
pretend to be 假装是...
pretend to be doing 假装在干...
pretend to + 动词原形 假装..
pretend to have done 假装已经（表示动作已发生）
友情提醒：楼上的 “假装不知道" pretend to be not aware of sth/sb
有误,英语中,不定式的否定式一律在 to的前面加 not .所以应该是
pretend not to be aware of sth/sb .得罪了楼上!
