2014年2月8日 星期六

文章中段的撰寫 (八) 非人稱的形容詞

掌握八大詞類,是能否撰寫好文章的關鍵。一般同學對英語文法多粗疏忽略,很少仔細鑽研,下列為常見的錯誤:
1)      You all convenient to go home by bus.  O
2)      I am possible to come to your party tonight.  O
正確:
1)      It is convenient for you to go home by bus.  P
2)      It is possible for me to come to your party tonight. P
細心比較下,相信大家會發覺到某些形容詞,不能直接形容人,這些形容詞,我們稱之為 ‘Impersonal Adjectives’常見的包括:
wonderful
harmful
difficult
exciting
satisfactory
easy
painful
shameful
delightful
necessary
interesting
surprising
若要把這些形容詞用於人身上時,必須用 ‘It is’ 作開始,比方:
1)      It is wonderful to be your student!
2)      It is painful for me to prepare for two important public examinations within a month.
你掌握沒有?下次與你分析另一類只能用於形容「人」的形容詞 ‘Personal Adjectives’,可不要錯過了!
**你明瞭自己的文法水平嗎?
一篇好的文章需要文體及文法並重,宜重質, 不重量. 考核同學能否正確運用英語文法, 本欄每期均列一句子,內含本港公開試考生常犯之文法錯誤、答案及分析於下期刊載。你會接受考驗嗎?

今期修改句子 The hotel’s research had shown that each dissatisfied customer would tell about 15 people what had happened _____them. (Q43, 20)
A) on               B) to      C) for          D) about        

上期問题:  The latest craze in body decoration is ‘tooth jewellery’ ……
Complete the following sentence using one word.  The first letter of the word has been given
Fake braces are now used to d______ _   the teeth (Q19, 2007)

答案:  decorate

考核文法重點:  詞類的轉換 (Change of part of speech)

題解及分析:  這題主要考同學能否於課文找decoration此詞匯, 並是否明白‘used to’有三種用法:
1.                  He is used to smoking. (後接動名, 意謂他一向習慣吸煙.)
2.                  He used to smoke. (後接不定, 意思相反: 以往他習慣吸煙, 但現時卻不.
3.                  The pen is used to write with. (這支筆用於寫作). 便第三種用法.


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