形容词在句中的位置:
1、单个形容词作定语时, 一般放在被修饰的名词之前; 两个或两个以上的形容词修饰一个名词时, 同种类形容词的排列顺序一般应考虑以下两种情况:
①和被修饰的名词关系比较密切的形容词位置更靠近名词
a. It is a touching English film.
②音节少的形容词在前, 音节多的形容词在后
a. I have a small but beautiful room.
不同种类的词同时出现在名词前作定语时, 按以下顺序进行排列:
2、单个形容词作定语时, 在下列情况之下, 形容词应放在被修饰的词之后
①形容词修饰不定代词something, nothing, anything等时应后置
a. Is there anything important in the article?
b. There is something difficult in the lesson.
c. There is nothing wrong in your homework.
②形容词修饰表示度量的名词应后置
a. The building is seventeen storeys high.
b. He is ten years old.
c. The street is five hundred meters long.
③用and / or连接的两个形容词通常放在被修饰的名词之后, 起强调修饰语的作用
a. We will turn our motherland into a country, strong and modern.
b. Every nation, big or small, has its rights.
c. Power stations, large and small, have been set up all over the country.
④有些过去分词形容词作定语时应后置, 如: given, left, won, missed等
a. None of the answers given (被给的答案) were correct.
⑤表语形容词作定语时需后置, 如: alive, present, possible等
a. He is the greatest writer alive.
b. He was the only person awake at the moment.
3、形容词短语作定语时, 需要后置
a. He is a worker worthy of praise.
b. This is a problem difficult to solve.
c. She is always ready to help others.
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形容词用法讲解
一、形容词的定义: 形容词表示人或事物的性质, 特征或状态, 修饰名词或不定代词
二、形容词在句中的作用:
1、作定语:
a. He is a great writer.
b. This is an interesting book.
c. I have something important to tell you.
2、作表语:
a. The bridge is long and wide.
b. It is getting warm.
3、作补语(宾语补足语或主语补足语):
a. The news made her happy.
b. We found the text very difficult.
c. You should keep your classroom clean.
d. The classroom should be kept clean.
4、作主语或宾语: the+adj表示某一类人或事物, 这种名词化的形容词起着名词的作用, 在句中可以作主语或宾语
a. We should respect the old and love the young.
b. The new will replace the old.
c. The rich and the poor live in separate sections in London.
5、作状语: 形容词作状语时, 多用来说明一个名词或代词的情况
a. Unhappy with the result, he returned to work.
b. Long and tidy, his hair played in the breeze.
c. Anxious for a quick decision, we called for a vote.
三、关于形容词的作用要注意的问题:
1、有些形容词只能作表语和补语, 不能象普通形容词那样作前置定语, 这样的形容词称为表语形容词, 如: alive, alone, asleep, alike, afraid, awake, ashamed, able, sure, ill, worth等词; 表语形容词作定语时需后置
2、有些形容词只能作定语, 不能作表语, 这样的形容词称为定语形容词, 如: golden, wooden, silken, live(活的), elder(年长的), former前任的, latter后者, front前面的, back后面的, outer外部的