高中英語語法(7)die/dead/dying/death

“死”法不同

[高手出招]

( 1 ) The old woman __________ten years ago.

( 2 ) She was working on the day of her_______________.

( 3 ) I think the sick man is____________.

( 4 ) He has been ____________for three years.

[一語擊破]

die 是表示短暫性動作的動詞，意為“死亡”、“斷氣”，指生命的結束，強調(diào)動作。如：

The girl's grandpa died five years ago.

注意： die 不可和一段時間的狀語連用。

(誤) He has died for two years.

(正) he has been dead for two years.

dead 是形容詞，意為“死的”，通常和 be 動詞連用，表示死的狀態(tài)。如：

Her father has been dead for one year.

dying 是 die 的現(xiàn)在分詞，常用作形容詞，意思是“要死的”、“瀕臨死亡的”。如：

The old man is dying.

death 是 die 的名詞形式，意為“死、死亡”。如：

It makes me very sad when I think of my grandpa's death.

Keys： ( 1 ) died ( 2 ) death ( 3 ) dying ( 4 ) dead