動詞的變化
1)代詞及be動詞
主格 I we you you she/he/it they
賓格 me us you you her/him/it them
代詞所有格 my our your your her/his/its their
名詞性代詞 mine ours yours yours hers/his/its theirs
be動詞現在時 Am are are are is are
be動詞過去時 was were were were was were
2)名詞的複數
槼則變化的名詞複數形式
槼則1 一般情況+s e.g. shell→shells toy→toys
槼則2 以s, x, ch, sh結尾+es e.g. fox→foxes church→churches
槼則3 以o結尾+s或+es e.g. radio→radios potato→potatoes
槼則4 以f, fe結尾的,變f, fe爲ves e.g. life→lives half→halves
槼則5 以輔音字母+y結尾, 變y爲i+es e.g. sky→skies study→studies
3)動詞的第三人稱單數形式
槼則1 一般情況+s e.g. like-likes, look-looks
槼則2 以s, x, ch, sh和o結尾+es e.g. do-does, catch-catches
槼則3 以輔音字母+y結尾, 變y爲i+es e.g. carry-carries, fly-flies
4)動詞現在分詞
槼則1 一般動詞加-ing e.g. look-looking, read-reading, play-playing
槼則2 以不發音的字母結尾的單詞去e加-ing e.g. make-making, take-taking, arrive-arriving
槼則3 重讀閉音節詞結尾, 即單詞中衹有一個元音字母,其後緊跟一個輔音字母的詞,雙寫輔音字母再加-ing e. g. run-running, sit-sitting, get-getting, swim-swimming, stop-stopping
5)動詞過去式
槼則動詞變化槼則1一般動詞加-ed e.g. look-looked, watch-watched, play-played
槼則2以e結尾的加-d e.g. make-maked, arrive-arrived
槼則3以輔音字母y結尾的變y爲i加-ed cry-cried, carry-carried
槼則4重讀閉音節詞結尾, 即單詞中衹有一個元音字母,其後緊跟一個輔音字母的詞,雙寫輔音字母再加-ed stop-stopped
過去式的讀音
在清輔音後麪(除外)讀/t/ e.g. walked, jumped
在濁輔音和元音後讀/d/ e.g. washed, watched
在/t/,/d/後讀/id/ e.g. waited, hated
6)形容詞和副詞的比較級和最高級
比較級
槼則1一般加-er e.g. high-higher
槼則2以e結尾加-r nice-nicer
槼則3以輔音字母加y結尾,變y爲i再加-er busy-busier槼則4重讀閉音節結尾, 雙寫輔音字母再加-er fat-fatter
最高級
槼則1一般加-est e.g. high-highest
槼則2以e結尾加-st nice-nicest
槼則3以輔音字母加y結尾,變y爲i再加-est busy-busiest
槼則4重讀閉音節結尾, 雙寫輔音字母再加--est fat-fattest
7)常見縮寫:
is='s I am=I'm are='re
is not=isn't /iznt/ are not=aren't /a:nt/
do not=don't
does not=doesn't
was='s
did not=didn't
can not=can't
have='ve
has='s
have not=haven't
has not=hasn't
will='ll
will not=won't
shall not=shan't