1、maybe/may be
(1)maybe是副词,意思是“大概,也许”,常用作状语。
Maybe you put it in your bag.也许你把它放在包里了。
"Will he come tomorrow?""Maybe not." “他 明天来吗?”“也许不”。
(2)may be相当于是情态动词may与be动词搭配一起作谓语,意思是“也许是…,可能是…”。
It may be 9:00 when they arrive.他们可能于九点到达。
The man may be a lawyer.那人也许是律师。
2、borrow/lend/keep/use
(1)borrow表示的是从别人那里借来东西,即我们通常所说的“借进来”。
We often borrow books from our school library.我们经常从学校图书馆借书。
I borrowed this dictionary from my teacher.我从老师那儿借来了这 本字典。
borrow是一个瞬完成的动作,因此不能与时间段连用。
You can borrow my recorder for three days.(错误)
I have borrowed this bookfor only one week.(错误)
(2)lend表示的是 把自己的东西借给别人,即我们通常所说的“借出去”。
Thank you for lending me your bike.谢谢你把自行车借给我。
He often lends money to his brother.他经常借钱给他弟弟。
lend与borrow-样,也是一个瞬 间完成的动作,不能与一段时间连用。
(3)keep的意思也是“借”,但一般是指借来后的保存或使用阶段,是一段
持续的时间,因此可以与时间段连用。
You can keep my recorder for three days.我的录音机你可以借用三天。
I have kept this book for only one week.这本书我才刚借了一星期。
(4)use也可以当“借用”讲,但它的本意是“用,使用”。
May I use your ruler?我能借你的尺子用一下吗?
He had to use this public telephone.他不得不使用这部公用电话。
3、leave/leave for
(1) leave意思是“离开,落下”。
we left Shanghaitwo years ag0.我们两年前离开了上海。
He left his cell phone in the taxi last week.他上周把手机落在出租车里了。
(2)leave for意思是“前往”,表示要去的目的地。
We wil leave for Tibet next month.我们将于下月去西藏。
The train is leaving for Moscow.这 趟火车即将开往莫斯科。
4、since/for
(1) since用于完成时态,既能用作介词,也能用作连词,后常接时 间点,意思是“自从”。
He has been a worker since he came into this city.自从他来到这个城市,他就是工人了。
I have never seen him since we last met in Shanghai.自从我们上次在上海见过之后,我再也没见过他。
since作连词,还有“既然”的意思。Since you are interested in it,just do it.既然你对它感兴趣,那就做吧。
You can have fun now since you' ve finished your work.既然你已经做完了功课,就开心玩会儿吧。
(2)for用于完成时,用作介词,后常接一段时间,意思是“经过”。
I have learned English for five years.我己经学了五年英语了。
They have waited for you for30minutes.他们已经等了你三十分钟了。
for也可以用作连词,但意思是“因为”。
They missed the flight for they were late.他们由于完到了而误了航班。He felll for many reasons.他由于多种原因病倒了。
5、neither/ either/ both
(1)neither作代词是对两者都进行否定,意思为“两者中任何一个都不”,作主语时谓语动词用单数。
Neither of the boys is fromEngland.这两个男孩都不是来自英国。
I know neither of them.他们两个我都不认识。
neither用作形容词,也修饰单数名词,意思与作代词时相同;用作连词时,一般与nor搭配,表示“既不…也不”。作主语时,谓语动词也 遵循就近原则。
She neither ate nor drank yesterday.她昨天既不吃也不喝。
Neither he nor we play football on Sundays.他和我们星期天都不踢球。
(2) either作代词时,是指两者中的任意一方都可以,故作主语时谓语动词用单数。
Either of the books is new.这两本书任何一本都是新的。
She doesn'like either of the films.这两部电影她都不喜欢。
either作形容词,用来修饰单数名词,意思与作介词时相同。
Either school is near my home.(这两所学校中的)任何一所学校都离我 家很近。
Either question is difficult.两个问题(中的任何一个)都难。
either作连词时,一般与or搭配,表示两者选其一,意思是“不是就是”。作主语时,谓语动词遵循就近原则。
Either he orl am right.不是他就是我是对的。E
ither my sister or my parents are coming to see me.不是我姐姐就是我父母要来看我。
(3)both作代词时,指的是所涉及到的“两者都”,故作主语时,谓语动词用复数形式。二like both of the stories.这两个故事我都喜欢。Both of my parents areteachers.我父母两人都是老师。both作形容词时,用来修饰两者,意思与作代词时相同。Both his arms are hurt.他的两只胳膊都受伤了。Both these students are good at English.这两个学生都擅长英语。both用作连词时,多与and搭配,表示“既又,不仅…而且”,作主语时,谓语动词仍用复数形式。
6、find/look for/ find out
(1) fnd强调找的结果,意思是“找到”。此外还有“发现,发觉”的意思,后可接宾语从句。
Jim couldn't find his hat.吉姆 找不着帽子了。
Have you found yourlostkeys?你找到丢失的钥匙了吗?
He found the lights were on along the street.他发现沿街的灯都亮了
(2)look for的意思为“寻找”,指的是找的动作而非结果。另外,还有“盼望,期待”的意思。
She is looking for her son.她正在找她的儿子。
We' ve been looking for the car sinceearly this morning.我们从今天一大早就开始找这辆车了。
I look for the coming holiday.我期待着即将来临的假期。
(3) find out含有经过观察、研究或探索而得的意思,后常接较抽象的事物,意思是“找出,发现,查明(真相)”等。
I can find out who took my money away.我能查出谁拿 了我的钱。
Could you find out when the plane drives?你能设法知道飞机何时到吗?
7、forget to do/ forget doing
(1) forget to do是指忘记去做某件事了,即该事还没有做。
Please don'forget to call this afternoon.今天下午不要忘了给我打电话。
I forgot to take some small change with me.我身上忘了带零钱了。
(2)forget doing是指忘记某件已经做过的事情,即该事已经做了,但被忘记了。
He forgot telling me his address.他忘了告诉过我地址了。
They forgot having been here before.他们忘了以前曾来过这儿。
8、stop doing/stop to do
(1)stop doing是指停止做某事,即doing这个动作不再继续。
They stopped debating.他们停止了辩论。(不辩论了)
He had to stop driving as the traffic lights changed in to red.由于交通灯变成了红色,他不得不停车。
(2) stop to do是指停下来开始做另一件事,即停止原先的事,开始做do这个动作。
She stopped to have arest.她停下来休息会儿。(开始休息)
They stopped to talk.他们停下来开始交谈。
9、except/besides
(1)except是指不包括后面所提人或物在内的“除了”,可以理解为“撇开…不谈”,表示两部分的不同。
Everyone is excited except me.除我以外的每个人都很激动。(他们激 动,而我却不激动)
Al the visitors are Japanese except him.除他以外的所有游客都是日本人。(其他人是日本人,可他不是)
(2)besides是包括后面所提人或物在内的“除了”,可以理解为“除之外…还、除之外…又”,表示两部分的相似性。
Twenty-five students went to the cinema besides him.除他以外,还有25个学生去看了电影。(他和另外25人都去了)
We ike biology besides English.除了英语外,我们还喜欢生物。(生物和英语都喜欢)
besides还可用作副词,意思是“此外;而且”,常用于句首或句尾。
He is a great thinker, and besides,he is politician.他是一名伟大的思想家,除此以外,他还是一位政治家。
They encouraged me, and they supported me with money, besides. 他们不仅鼓励我,而且与我以金钱上的支持。
10、keep doing/keep on doing
(1) keep doing指的是连续地、坚持不断地做某事,中间不间断。
It kept blowing for a whole day.刮了一整天风了。
The temperature keeps dropping.温度持续下降。
(2)keep on doing是指反复坚持做某事,但动作之间略有间隔。
They have kept on writing to each other for many years.他们已经互相通信多年了。
After drinking some water,he kept on talking.喝了一些水后,他坚持讲话。
11、seem/look
(1)seem—般着重于以客观迹象为依据,意思是“似乎、好象、看起来…”。
The baby seems to be happy.婴儿看上去似乎很高兴。
He seemed to be sorry for that.他似乎为那件事感到抱歉。
seem能与to do结构连用,而look不能。
It seems to rain.似乎要下雨了。
They seemed to have finished their work.他们似乎已经完成了工作。在it作形式主语的句型中只能用seem。
lt seems that he is quitebusy now.他现在看起来很忙
It seems to us that there is nothing serious.在我看来没什么大不了的。
(2)look用作“看起来;好像”时,常从物体的外观或样貌上来判断,是以视觉所接受的印象为依据的。
The room looks clean.这间房看起来很干净。
The girl looks like her mother.那女孩看起来向她的妈妈。
12、such/so
(1)such常用作形容词,用来修饰名词。
Don' tbe such a fool别这么傻。
He is such a clever boy.他是如此聪明的一个男孩。
(2)s0是副词,用来修饰形容词或副词。
He is so kind!他真好心
Why did you come so late?你为何回来得如此晚?当名词前有many,much,few,little等表示多、少时,应该用so。He has so many friends.他有如此多的朋友。
Only little time is left!才剩这么一点儿时间!
13、either/too/also
(1)either用作“也”时是副词,常用于否定句句尾。
She is nota Japanese./ m not, either.她不是日本人,我也不是。
My sister doesn' t like this song, either.我妹妹也不喜欢这首歌。
(2)too常用于肯定句或疑问句尾,表示“也”。
He likes China,too.他也喜欢中国。
Are you in Grade3, too?你也在三年级吗?
(3)also也常用于肯定句或疑问句,但一般位于句中
We are also students.我们也是学生。
He also went there on foot.他也是走着去的。
Did you also want to have a look?你也想看看吗?
14、if/whether在下列情况下只能用whether而非if:
(1)与or not连用时,只能用whether.
We want to know whether you aril or not.我们想知道你是否生病了。
Please tell me whether or not you have finished your work.请告诉我们你是否完成了工作。
(2)后接动词不定式时,只能用whether.
Adam didn'know whether to go or stay.亚当不知道是走还是留。
He hasn't decided whether to have dinner with me.他还没决定是否和我共进晚餐。
(3)所引导的宾语从句放在主句之前时,只能用whether.
Whetherit will rain or snow,we don' mind.我们不在乎将要刮风还是下雨。
Whether l won or lost, she didn' t want to know.我是赢是输她 不想知道。
(4)引导主语从句或表语从句时,一般用whether.
The most important was whether they had gone.最重要的是他们是不是已经走 了。
Whether he will go with me is a secret.他是否会和我一起去还是个秘密。
if能引导条件状语从句,表示“如果,假如”,而whether没有此用法。
We' have a football match fit doesn' train tomorrow.如果明天不下雨,我们要进行足球赛
rl tell him ifl sees him.我看见他就告诉他。
If you' re in danger,please cal 110.如果你遇到危险,请拨打110。
15、bad/badly
这两个词的意思含有“坏、糟、严重”等意思,且它们有同的比较级worse和最高级worst.
(1)bad是一个形容词,意思是“坏的,糟糕的,差的,严重的”。
I don' t think he is bad person.我并不认为他是一个坏人。
Had a bad headache.我头疼得很厉害。
(2)badly是一个副词,意思是“不好地,差”,也可以表示程度,意为“严重地,非常,极度”。
We need help badly.我们急需帮助。
His arm was badly hurt.他的胳膊严重受伤了。
16、interested/ interesting
(1)interested是指“对…产生兴趣的,对…感兴趣的”,一般用人做主语,后常用介词in.
He was interested in biology before.他以前对生物感兴趣。
Pinot interested in art.我对艺术不感兴趣。
(2)interesting的意思是“有趣的”,指能够给人带来兴趣的某人或某事物。
He is an interesting old man.他是个有趣的老头。
The interesting story attracted me.这个有趣的故事吸引了我。
17、dead/ die/ death/dying
(1) dead是形容词,意思为“死了的、无生命的”,表示状态,可以与一段时间连用。
The tree has been dead for ten years.这棵树死了有十年了。
The rabbits are all dead.这些兔子都是死的。
(2) die是动词,意思为“死、死亡”,是一个瞬间动词,不能与一段时间用。
My grandpa died two years ag0.我爷爷两年前去世了。
The old man died of cancer.老人死于癌症。
(3) death是名词,意思为“死亡、去世”等。
The memorial hall was built one year after his death.他死后一年,纪念馆建成了。
His death is a great loss to us.他的死是我们的巨大损失。
(4)dying是die的现在分词,用作形容词,意思是“垂死的、即将死去的”。
The doctors have saved the dying man.医生们救活了那个垂死的人。
The poor dog ad no food,it was dying.可怜的狗没有食物,快要饿死了。