形容词和副词 一、形容词和副词的基本用法 (一)形容词在句中的作用:1.形容词在句中可作定语、表语和补语 ①形容词作定语时的位置问题:通常放置被修饰的名词前,但是下列情况需后置: ▲形容词短语作定语 This is a language difficult to master He is a student worth of praise. ▲表语形容词作定语 He is indeed a Lei Feng alive. ▲形容词修饰不定代词 Someone strange is asking to see you. ▲else修饰疑问代词和不定代词 No one else can answer the question. What else do you want to say? ②多个形容词作定语时的词序为:大小、长短、高低形状/年龄、新旧颜色/来源、国籍、地区、出处/材料/用途 (熟记下列顺口溜:限定描绘大长高,形状年龄和新老,颜色国籍跟材料,作用类别往后靠)。 It’s a _______ clock, made of brass and dating from the nineteenth century. A. charming French small B. French small charming C. small French charming D charming small French 2.形容词在句中也可作状语,用来表示主语所处的状态 ①形容词(短语)置于句首常作原因状语 Helpless, we watched our home destroyed before our eyes. ②形容词(短语)置于句末常作伴随状语或方式状语 He was lying in bed, dead. 3.alone/afraid/asleep/awake/alive/ashamed/ill/well(身体好)等常用作表语而不用作定语 He is a sick man或The man is ill.(对) She is an afraid girl.(错) The girl is afraid.(对) 4.twoyearold/200metrelong/onethousandword等复合形容词中的名词要用单数,一般只用作前置定语 Tom is a twelve-year-old boy.汤姆是个十二岁的男孩。 动词、名词变形容词的常见后缀: 后缀 例词 -able accept—acceptable suit--suitable comfort—comfortable -ible access—accessible horror—horrible terror--terrible -ful -less forget—forgetful harm—harmful hopeless hope—hopeful peace—peaceful help--helpless -ed excite—excited frighten--fri