Period Two Learning about Language 动词的ing 形式作状语分词和分词短语可以在句子中作状语来修饰谓语动词或整个句子表示动作发生的时间、原因、条件、结果、让步或伴随状况
其基本句型是:现在分词/分词短语,主语+谓语+句子的其他成分
下面分别介绍现在分词/分词短语作状语的情况:一、作时间状语动词的ing 形式作时间状语时,经常放在句首,相当于一个时间状语从句
Hearing the noise,I turned round
(=When I heard the noise/When hearing the noise,I turned round
)听到响声我转过身去
Having turned off the TV set,he began to go over his lessons
( = After having turned off the TV set/After he had turned off the TV set,he began to go over his lessons
)关掉电视机后,他便开始复习功课
二、作原因状语动词的ing 形式作原因状语时,相当于一个原因状语从句,也可以放在句首
Being ill,he couldn’t go to school
(=Because he was ill,he couldn’t go to school
)因为生病,他不能去上学
Having lived in the village for years,I know everyone quite well
(=Because I have lived in the village for years ,I know everyone quite well
)在这个村里住了很多年了,所以我熟悉(这里的)每个人
三、作伴随状语