什么是形容词?
英文的形容词(Adjectives)是指beautful,sad,happy,stmart和intelligent等词汇。形容词通常用于修饰名词,并表达与名词有关的暂时或永久性品质。例如,“a smart girl”就是用smart与其他孩子区分开来。应知道,并不是所有形容词都用于表示与名词有关的质量。例如,“a mere child”中的形容词mere就不表示孩子的品质。
形容词还可以进一步细分为以下几个类别:
品质形容词(Quality)
这类形容词涉及人或东西的种类或性质。它们回答的是“什么样?”等问题。
- 例句1:Beijing is a large city。 (形容词large表示与城市Beijing有关的特定品质。)
- 例句2:Linda is a brilliant student。(形容词brilliant表示与名词Linda有关的品质。)
应注意,由专有名词形成的形容词通常被视为品质形容词。例如,Persian carpets,French wines等。
数量形容词(Quantity)
数量形容词回答“多少”等问题。例如:some,any,much,little,enough,all,no,half和whole等。
- We need some rice.
- You have little patience.
- He has lost all his wealth.
- He did not eat any rice.
数字形容词(Number)
这类形容词回答的是“几个”的问题。例如many,one,two,first,tenth和all等。
- Each hand has five fingers.
- Sunday is the first day of the week.
- All men must die.
- There are several mistakes in your essay.
指示形容词(Demonstrative)
这些形容词回答的是“哪一个?”的问题。例如,this, that, these, those和such等。
- That boy is industrious.
- This bag is made of expensive leather.
- Those mangoes were very sweet.
- I hate such people.
应注意,this和that用于单数名词。These和those用于复数名词。
疑问形容词(Interrogative )
在与名词一起使用提出问题时?疑问词what,which和whose叫做疑问形容词。
- Whose pen is this?
- Which way shall we go?
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