Grammar past participle Look at the dialogue and find the use of the past participle
-- Look at the excited boy
Why is he so happy
-- He has got the first prize in the contest
-- No wonder he is excited
• 过去分词作表语一般用来表示感受或状态(系动词 + 过去分词 ) No wonder he is excited
(predictive) 可以用作表语的常见的过去分词有:delighted, disappointed, upset, astonished, excited, frightened, experienced, interested, qualified 有资格的 , puzzled, exhausted, satisfied 1
分词可以用作前置定语,此时,分词和名词之间有两种语意关系:一种是分词表示主动(但时间上已经过去);一种是分词表被动
Past Participle as the AttributiveHe is a retired worker
他是一个退休工人
This is a newly-developed device
这是一个新开发的工具
过去分词作后置定语时,其功能当于一个定语从句
But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people exposed to cholera
过去分词短语有时亦可用作非限制性定语,前后常有逗号
Some of them, born and brought up in rural villages,