動名詞
I.要點
動名詞既具有動詞的一些特征,又具有名詞的句法功能。
1、動名詞的形式,以write為例。
式| 語態(tài)
主動語態(tài)
被動語態(tài)
一般式
writing
being written
完成式
having written
having been written
否定式not +動名詞
2、動名詞的用法
(1)作主語
Playing football is my favorite sport.
Travelling with friends at weekend is fun.
作主語的動名詞結構復雜且長時,可用it作形式主語。如:
It is fun travelling with friends at weekend.
(2)作賓語
I enjoy playing PC game.
He gave up writing five years ago.
(3)作表語
What he hated most was doing nothing.
Seeing is believing.
動名詞作表語時,句子的主語常是無生命名詞或what引導的名詞性從句。
(4)作定語
There's a dining room in my school.
All the people watching laughed.
(5)動名詞的復合結構"物主代詞(或名詞的所有格)+動名詞"。如:
Tom's going home late made her mother angry.
Would you mind my opening the window?
不過,動名詞的邏輯主語在遇到以下情況時,必須用名詞的普通格(或人稱代詞的賓格)。
①無生命名詞
The girls were afraid of the door suddenly closing.
Fire burns better by oxygen being at work.
②有生命名詞,但表泛指。
Have you ever heard of girls smoking?
③兩個以上的有生命的名詞并列。
Do you still remember my parents and me coming to see you that day?
3.后面常接動名詞的動詞和短語
mind, enjoy, finish, consider, practise, imagine,
keep, suggest, advise, allow, permit,
be worth doing, be used to doing, be busy doing,
can't help doing, it is no good doing, it is no use doing,
look forward to doing, stick to doing, pay attention to doing,
devote to doing, lead to doing
II.例題
例1She says she doesn't feel like ____ out with you.
A going B to go C for going D went
解析:該題正確答案為A。feel like = want, 此處like 為介詞,后面要接名詞或動名詞作賓語
例2The garden needs ____.
A water B watering C to water D watered
解析:該題正確答案為B。need = want = require. 如果物作主語,此三者后要接動名詞或to be done這一結構作賓語。
例3Excuse me ____ you.
A interrupting B to interrupt
C interrupted D to have interrupted
解析:該題正確答案為A。excuse 后接動名詞作賓語,此句中的me為動名詞的邏輯主語(常用于口語中)。