I.形容词
一、形容词的一般用法
1.作定语,一般放在所修饰词的前面。
It’s a cold and windy day.
2.作表语,放在系动词的后面。(look,feel,smell,sound….)
He looks happy today.
3.形容词修饰something,anything,nothing,everything等复合不定代词时,须放在其后。
Would you like something hot to drink?
4.表示长、宽、高、深及年龄的形容词,应放在相应的名词之后。
How long is the river? It’s about two hundred metres long.
5.只能作表语的形容词:afraid;alone;asleep;awake;alive;well健康的;ill;frightened
The man is ill.(正)
The ill man is my uncle.(误)
6.只能作定语的形容词:little小的;only唯一的;wooden木质的;woolen羊毛质的;elder年长的
My elder brother is in Beijing.(正)
My brother is elder. (误)
7.貌似副词的形容词:lonely;friendly;lively;lovely
二、形容词常用句型
1.“It’s +adj.+of+sb.+不定式”表示“某人(做某事)怎么样”。=Sb +be +adj+to do sth
注意:这一句型中常用描述行为者的性格、品质的形容词,如good,kind,nice,polite ,clever ,foolish ,lazy ,careful,careless,right(正确的),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“做某事对某人来说怎么样”。=To do sth is adj for sb .