1. 連系動詞有被動語態嗎

Her forehead ______ hot. I’m afraid she is ill.

A. is feeling B. feelsC. is feltD. has been felt

此題應選B。容易誤選C, 因為從意義上看, “前額”應該是“被摸”, 所以不少考生誤入C的陷阱。

英語中look(看起來), sound(聽起來), smell(聞起來), taste(嘗起來), feel(摸起來)等表示感官的連系動詞, 它們在意義上是被動的, 但在形式上卻不能是被動的(因為連系動詞是不及物動詞, 不可能有被動形式)。同時, 以上連系動詞在表示以上意義時, 通常也不用于進行進態(除look外)。

1. The picture ______ beautiful.

A. is looked B. has looked

C. will be lookedD. looks

2. The soup _____ very nice.

A. smells B. is smelt

C. is smelling D. smells to be

3. As is known to us all, glass _____ smooth.

A. feels B. is felt

C. is feeling D. will feel

若以上動詞不是用作連系動詞, 而是用作實義動詞;或者即使是用作連系動詞, 而不表示以上意思, 則可用進行時態：

Are you feeling any better? 你感到好些了嗎?

He was tasting the pudding. 他在嘗布丁。

答案：1. D 2. A 3. A

2. 連系動詞后可以接to be嗎

The story sounds ______.

A. to be trueB. as true C. being true D. true

此題應選D。該題很容易誤選A。這里涉及連系動詞后是否接to be的題：

1. 在seem, appear, prove, continue等連系動詞以及用作連系動詞的短語turn out等之后, 可以接tobe, 但可省略：

He seems (to be) sad. 他似乎很傷心。

He appears (to be) angry. 他似乎生氣了。

The news turned out [proved] (to be) false. 那消息結果是假的。

2. 在feel, smell, sound, taste等連系動詞后不接to be：

這湯味道不錯。

正：The soup tastes nice.

誤：The soup tastes to be nice.

在look(看起來)之后是否接to be, 語法專家意見不一, 但總的說來, 以不用為佳。

3. 在表語形容詞前的to be通常不省略：

He seems [appears] to be asleep. 他似乎睡著了。

He seemed to be awake when I went into his room. 我進屋時, 他似乎醒了。

He doesn’t seem to be afraid of it. 他似乎不怕它。

He seems quite sure of it. 他似乎對此很有把握。

She appeared to be very fond of the book. 她似乎很喜歡這本書。

3. 要分清是連系動詞還是實義動詞

a. He looks ______.

b. He looked ______ at his broken car.

A. sad, sad B. sadly, sadlyC. sad, sadlyD. sadly, sad

此題應選 C。這里要分清look用作實義動詞和連系動詞的兩種不同用法。從句意和結構上看：a句中的look 是連系動詞(句意為：他看起來很傷心), 所以此句用形容詞sad作表語。b句中的look是實義動詞(句意為：他傷心地看著他的破汽車;另外句子中的介詞at也給我們一定的提示), 所以此句用副詞sadly作狀語。

以下各例也涉及實義動詞和連系動詞的兩種用法：

1. a. Hearing this, she felt _____.

b. I felt _____ we should take some action.

A. happy, strongB. happily, strongly

C. happy, strongly D. happily, strong

2. a. The dog is too dirty and smells _____.

b. The dog can’t be used for hunting, for he smells _____.

A. bad, bad B. badly, badly

C. bad, badly D. badly, bad

3. a. He worked very hard, and his dream came _____ at last.

b. The boy came ____ to the shop with the money his mother gave him.

A. true, happy B. truly, happily

C. truly, happyD. true, happily

答案：1. C 2. C 3. D

4. 連系動詞come, go有何差別

It was a pity that he ______ blind, but to the joy of his family, his dream of becoming a musician ______ true at last.

A. came, came B. went, went C. came, wentD. went, came

此題應選D。句中的go, come都是連系動詞, 兩者在用法上應注意：

1. 兩者用作連系動詞, 都可表示事物的變化。一般說來, go主要用于“壞”的變化, 而come主要用于“好”的變化：

These apples have gone bad. 這些蘋果變壞了。

Something has gone wrong with the radio. 這部收音機什么地方出毛病了。

Her mother has gone mad. 她母親瘋了。

Things will come right. 一切都會順利的。

My dream has come true. 我的夢想實現了。

2. 表示像人的生理變化, 通常用go：

go blind 變瞎

go deaf 變聾

go grey 兩鬢漸白

go bald變禿 等

但是注意：go 一般不與old, tired, ill等連用。

2. 在表示顏色方面的變化時, 通常用go(有時也用turn，但語氣更正式)：

Leaves go [turn] brown in autumn. 秋季樹葉變黃。

She went [turned] pale at the news. 她聽到這個消息臉色變得蒼白。

His hair was going [turning] grey. 他的頭發慢慢地變白了。