例如:You can’t possibly arrive there on time. (謂語動詞)
It’s inconvenient to contact him directly. (不定式中的動詞)
Her composition is frequently referred to as original. (被動式)
改錯題中常誤用形容詞修飾動詞,要注意識別
例題:
(1)
In the United States, sleds for recreation were first produced commercial in the 1870’s or thereabouts.
應改為:commercially
解釋:形容詞commercial不能修飾謂語動詞producehttp,需改為副詞
(2)
According to anthropologists, the earliest ancestors of humans that stood upright resembled chimpanzees ----, with sloping foreheads and protruding brows.
(A) facially
(B) their faces
(C) having facial
(D) they had faces
答案:A
解釋:resemble一詞是本句的謂語動詞, 已有了賓語chimpanzees, 之后需要的只可能是用來補充說明的非謂語, B、D可先排除; facial是形容詞, 不能作have的賓語, 因此C肯定不對; A是副詞, 恰好修飾動詞作狀語