形容詞
一、形容詞的一般用法
1.作定語,一般放在所修飾詞的前面。
It’s a cold and windy day.
2.作表語,放在系動(dòng)詞的后面。(look,feel,smell,sound….)
He looks happy today.
3.形容詞修飾something,anything,nothing,everything等復(fù)合不定代詞時(shí),須放在其后。
Would you like something hot to drink?
4.表示長、寬、高、深及年齡的形容詞,應(yīng)放在相應(yīng)的名詞之后。
How long is the river? It’s about two hundred metres long.
5.只能作表語的形容詞:afraid;alone;asleep;awake;alive;well健康的;ill;frightened
The man is ill.(正)
The ill man is my uncle.(誤)
6.只能作定語的形容詞:little小的;only唯一的;wooden木質(zhì)的;woolen羊毛質(zhì)的;elder年長的
My elder brother is in Beijing.(正)
My brother is elder. (誤)
7.貌似副詞的形容詞:lonely;friendly;lively;lovely
二、形容詞常用句型
1.“It’s +adj.+of+sb.+不定式”表示“某人(做某事)怎么樣”。=Sb +be +adj+to do sth
注意:這一句型中常用描述行為者的性格、品質(zhì)的形容詞,如good,kind,nice,polite ,clever ,foolish ,lazy ,careful,careless,right(正確的),wrong等。
It’s very kind of you to help me.(=You are very kind to help me.)
2.“It’s+adj.+for+sb.+不定式”表示“做某事對某人來說怎么樣”。=To do sth is adj for sb .
注意:這一句型中常用的形容詞有important,necessary,difficult,easy,hard,dangerous,safe,useful,pleasant,interesting,impossible等。
It’s not easy for them to learn a foreign language.(=To learn a foreign language is not easy for them.)
3.表示感情或情緒的形容詞,如glad,pleased,sad,thankful等常接不定式。
I’m very sad to hear the bad news.
4.表示能力和意志的形容詞,如ready(樂意的,有準(zhǔn)備的),able(有能力的),sure(一定),certain(一定)等常接不定式。
Lei Feng is always ready to help others.
He is sure to get to school on time.