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作用
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例
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可作主要動詞
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Linking Verbs連接動詞
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告訴你主詞「是」什麽
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be, become, feel |
Action Verbs 動作動詞
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告訴你主詞「做」什麽
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sit, learn, close | |
不能單獨成句
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Helping Verbs 輔助動詞 |
輔助作疑問句、否定句、不同時式或話態。本身無字意。
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be, have, do |
Modal Verbs 情態動詞 |
表示情況或心情
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can, must, have to |
最簡單句型:
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Subject + verb + complement (noun) |
Subject + verb + complement (adjectives) |
e.g. | Susan is a teacher. 現在式Peter was her husband. 過去式 | I feel happy. 現在式She was happy. 過去式 |
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Subject + verb (intr.) | Subject + verb (tr.) + object |
e.g. | He signs. 現在式We stopped. 過去式 |
He hits the ball. 現在式They ate the pizza. 過去式 |
每一個部分都可以唔此一個。
多 subjects: Tom and his brother run to the hill. Tom 及 his brother (復數) 都作 run 這個動作,所以 run 無須加 s。 |
多 verbs:Panda eats, shoots and leaves.* Panda 不單只吃 (eats),也開槍 (shoots) 及離開 (leaves)。分開 3 句即 Panda eats. Panda shoots. Panda leaves. 三個動作分亨同一個 subject Panda,所以每個動作都必須加 s。 |
多 objects:Panda eats shoots and leaves.
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[* 作者Lynne Truss 一書 Eats, Shoots, & Leaves 2003 我在 Toronto, Canada downtown Marche 傍一間書店列為 best-seller。封面有一熊貓爬上梯又有一熊貓揸槍。攪咩呢?攞呢睇吓。話說一熊貓到餐廳吃了件三文治就開槍離開。侍應實感奇怪,於是攔住熊貓問佢點解要咁做。熊貓比一本百科個書佢睇。侍應揭到 panda 嗰頁:
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons. “Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder. “Well, I’m a panda,” he says at the door. “Look it up.” The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.” |
話說一熊貓到餐廳吃了件三文治就開槍離開。侍應實感奇怪,於是問熊貓佢點解要咁做。熊貓比一本百科個書佢睇。侍應揭到 panda 嗰頁:熊貓是一隻像熊的黑白色哺乳動物,原產自中國。物們吃竹及竹葉。但無端瑞响 eats 同 shoots 之間多了個「,」即係本來作 objects 嘅 shoots 同 leaves 變成多個動詞 --> 吃、開槍及離開。]
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