(一) 形容词的用法和位置
1 形容词用作表语,放在连系动词(be, look,smell,taste,sound,feel,become,get,turn,keep,seem等)的后面。
如:The passengers can t go back home on time for the Spring festival, for the snow is so heavy. Things to remember:
1) look只有在解释‘看起来’的时候才是当作连系动词,做题时要正确分析look的意思。 如:After hearing the good news of the train s arrival, he looked very happy.
After hearing the good news of the train s arrival, he looked happily at me.
2) keep解释‘保持’时是连系动词。
如:Though it keeps snowing heavily, he keeps warm by exercising while waiting for the train.
2 形容词用作定语。
1)形容词修饰名词放在名词前面,做前置定语。
如: The conductor has important news to tell the passengers.
2) 形容词修饰复合不定代词放在复合不定代词后面,作后置定语。
如:The conductor has something important to tell the passengers.
3 形容词用作宾语补足语。
如:Though the passengers find the weather terrible, they re very excited because they will go back home to spend the Spring Festival with their family.
Things to remember:
1) 修饰名词一般用形容词,但是如果是表示种类、用途和地点的,则要用名词修饰名词,如:an apple tree, a coffee cup, a shop window. 所以,在做题时特别是词性转换时要使用正确的词性作修饰成分,如我们不能说busy hours,而应说business hours.
2) else 在使用时,必须放在疑问代词和复合不定代词的后面,如:something else, what else.
3) 做题时,要注意形容词和名词的正确搭配,如我们用 high 或 low 来修饰 temperature ,用 hot 或 cold 来修饰 weather 。