定冠词限定名词时主要表示特指,针对TOEFL(托福)应注意以下几点: (1) the和可数名词单数连用,表示一类人或物,如:the fern(蕨类), the wallflower (2) 序数词之前必须用the,如: the first woman, the nineteenth century 但前面有物主代词时除外,如 my first baby (3) 形容词最高级之前必须用the(有物主代词时除外),如: the largest city, the most advanced technology (4) of连接的名词前多用the, 如: the development of the watch, (5) 世界上独一无二的东西前应加the, 如: the globe(地球),the equator(赤道), the moon, the sun 在下列情况下,一般不用the: (1) 表示人名、地名、国家名等专有名词前, 一般不加,如: Dennis Chavez(人名),Alaska(地名),English(英语), February(二月), America(美国) 但是在表示海洋、海峡、江、河、山脉、群岛等专有名词时要加上the ,the Great Lakes(美国五大湖), the Changjiang River(长江) (2) 无特指的不可数名词前,如: algebra(代数学), advertising, accounting(会计学) (3) 表示类别的复数名词前,如: Historians believe that…, Amphibians(两栖动物) hatch from… (4) 一些固定词组中,如: in history, in nature, at work, at home , go to school, go to bed, in bed 乘车的词组: by train(乘火车), by car (乘汽车), by bicycle(骑脚踏车), much, a large amount of, a great deal of, a wealth of(大量的、丰富的) little /a little /less /least, a piece /sheet /slice /bar of, 属不可数名词专用另外一些词(词组)如such, some /any (of), most (of), a lot of, lots of, the re st of, plenty of等既可接可数名词又可接不可数名词。
有些形容词本身就具有“比…年长”、“ 比…优越”等含义,因此也就没有比较级和最高级比如: inferior, superior, senior, anterior这些形容词往往和to连用,而不和than连用 有些形容词本身就具备“最、极”的含义,所以就没有最高级和比较级如:absolute(绝对的), unique(独一无二的), infinite(无限的), round(圆的), right(对的), correct(正确的), wrong(错误的), perfect(完美的),这类形容词往往被称为绝对形容词对于most来讲,除了构成某些词最高级外,most的用法有几点需要注意,经常成为改错题的考点: 1. 当most表示大多数时,之前不加the, 并且有两种形式来表示大多数,分别为: most + 名词,如:most people, most Indian tribes; most + of + 限定词 + 名词或代词,如:most of his paintings,most of us, most of the modern artists 2. most有时意思等同于very, 此时most之前用不定冠词,如:a most lovely girl, a most impressive proposal 程度副词still修饰比较级more时,应置于其前几点参考规则: 1. 多数副词放在修饰的动词之后,若动词有宾语则放在宾语之后,如: She sings very well.考试大考试中心 I met your uncle(动词的宾语) just now. I met just now your uncle (错) 2. 副词修饰形容词、介词短语、副词时常放在被修饰成分之前,如: These two are only slightly different. right after this, very smoothly 当然,副词enough是一个例外,要放在修饰成分的后面,如: I am not good enough to do this job. (对) I am not enough good to do this job. (错) 3. 表示频率的副词常放在实意动词之前,be动词之后,如: He often/ always/ rarely/seldom/never play(实意动词) tennis. He is always here at 8’clock. (be动词之后) 4. 部分副词的位置没有一定的规定,原则上接近被修饰词即可,如: only, even, still, perhaps, etc. 容易混淆的词 hard (努力,副词) -hardly (几乎不,副词) close (接近,形容词) -closely(接近,副词) near (接近,形容词) -nearly (几乎,副词), nearby (adj.邻近的) most (大多数的,形容词) -mostly(主要地,大部分 副词) late (迟、晚,形容词) -lately (最近,副词),later(adv.稍后的) high (高的,形容词) -highly (adv. 非常,大大的) 另外: friendly(友好的), lovely(可爱的、有趣的),尽管词尾有ly, 但是都是形容词作主语:不定式短语可作主语 如:To see is to believe (百闻不如一见) To work hard should be your major concern. 注意:由于英文不习惯句子主语过长,不定式主语常被形式主语it所代替(详见第十七章) 例如上面第二句可以变为: It should be your major concern to work hard. 又如: It is very nice of you to help me 不定式常接在名词之后作定语,如:something to read, nothing to do, anything to declare,a lot to complain of, the right person to talk to, etc. 由上述例子不难看出不定式和被修饰词间有动宾关系,因此不及物动词之后必须加上相搭配的介词(例如上面的complain + of, talk +to)不定式定语还可表示将来的含义,如:in the years to follow, the meeting to be held in June 独立主格的主语和句子主语不一致 如:(With) His mouth filled with water, he couldn’t utter a word. (独立主格) 对于分词来讲其逻辑主语必须和句子的主语保持一致: Filling his mouth with water, he couldn’t utter a word. 在TOEFL考试中,经常混淆反身代词的写法,结尾的-self和-selves经常故意写错 反身代词的用法 可以用来做宾语: He hurt himself when he fell. 可以用来做表语: He is not quite himself today. (他今天有些不舒服)反身代词经常放在名词或者代名词的后面来进行强调, 表示“亲自”的意思 I myself do it. I do it myself. They made the research themselves.。