非谓语动词用法小结(二)
【语境展示】
1. a. To ensure the safety of gas, the government has checked the city’s gas supply
system thoroughly.
b. I was annoyed to hear them talk like that.
c. He made a long speech only to show his ignorance of the subject.
d. Beckworth shook his head as if to say “Don’t trust her.”
2. a. She got to know them while attending a conference in Beijing.
b. Tasting good, the food was sold out soon.
c. Don’t sit there doing nothing. Come and help me with this table.
d. The snow lasted a week, resulting in a serious traffic jam in the whole area.
e. Playing all day, you will waste your valuable time.
3. a. The guide leading the way, we had no trouble getting out of the forest.
b. The audience having seated themselves, the concert began.
c. Weather permitting, we will go on an outing to the beach tomorrow.
4. a.When completed, the park will be open to the public next year.
b. Driven by a greater demand for vegetables, farmers have built more greenhouses.
c. The flowers her friend gave her will die unless watered every day.
d. Many parents were walking about the zoo, followed by their children.
e. Though beaten by the opposing team, the players didn’t lose heart.
f. His legs can’t move as if stuck to the floor.
5. a. The task completed, we had a global tour.
b. Thousands of eyes fixed upon her, Nora felt on edge.
c. More time and money given, we can finish the work in advance.
【归纳】
动词不定式、V-ing 形式(短语)和 V-ed 形式(短语)均可在句中作状
语。
1. 动词不定式
动词不定式作状语时,在句中可表示目的、原因、结果、方式等(如第 1 组例
句)。
2. V-ing 形式(短语)
● V-ing 形式(短语)作状语时,在句中可表示时间、原因、伴随、结果、条件
等(如第 2 组例句)。
● V-ing 形式(短语)作状语时,通常其逻辑主语和句子的主语要保持一致。不
过,V-ing 形式(短语)在独立主格结构中可以有自己的主语(如第 3 组例句)。
3. V-ed 形式(短语)
● V-ed 形式(短语)作状语时,在句中可表示时间、原因、条件、伴随、让步、
方式等(如第 4 组例句)。
● V-ed 形式(短语)作状语时,通常其逻辑主语要与句子的主语保持一致。不过,
V-ed 形式(短语)在独立主格结构中可以有自己的主语(如第 5 组例句)。
注意:V-ing 形式(短语)和 V-ed 形式(短语)作状语时,可用在连词 when, while,
once, though 等后面(如例句 2a,4a,4e)。
【即学即用】用括号内动词的正确形式填空。
1. We hurried all the way to the airport, only _____ (tell) that the flight had been
called off because of the foggy weather.
2. When _____ (return) to her apartment, she found her necklace missing.
3. _____ (improve) their service, the workers of the hotel are active in learning
English.
4. —A traffic jam?
—Oh, no. _____ (repair), the right side of the road is closed for the time being.
5. _____ (see) from this aspect, the matter is not as serious as people generally
suppose.
6. Steve opened his mouth as if _____ (speak), but stopped talking before he even
started.
7. Though _____ (know) all this, they still insisted on my paying for the damage.
8. When _____ (compare) with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean doesn’t
seem big at all.
9. The last bus _____ (go), we had to walk home.
10. The purse not yet _____ (find), we went to the police.
参考答案
1. to be told 2. returning 3. To improve 4. Being repaired 5. Seen 6. to speak
7. knowing / having known 8. compared 9. having gone 10. found