語法釋疑之分詞(一)

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(一)大家都知道英文的動詞(verb)不像中文那般單純。比如說"幫助"一詞,雖可做動詞,也可做名詞用;可是就沒有時間性。而英文動詞的變化可就多了,它可變成名詞、形容詞、副詞等,而且還有所謂"Tenses"(時態(tài))。比如"help",就有下列各種時態(tài):
    Simple Present 現(xiàn)在時態(tài) -- help, helps
    Simple Past  過去時態(tài) -- helped
    Simple Future 將來時態(tài) -- shall help, will help ...
    Present Continuous 現(xiàn)在進行時態(tài) -- be helping
    Present Perfect  現(xiàn)在完成時態(tài) -- have helped, has helped...
    Present Perfect Continuous 現(xiàn)在完成進行時態(tài) -- have been helped...
    Past Continuous 過去進行時態(tài) -- was helping...
    Past Perfect  過去完成時態(tài) -- had helped...
    Past Perfect Continuous 過去完成進行時態(tài) -- had been helping...
    Future Continuous 將來進行時態(tài) -- shall be helping...
    Future Perfect  將來完成時態(tài) -- shall have helped...
    Future Perfect Continuous 將來完成進行時態(tài) -- shall have been helping...
    Present Participle 現(xiàn)在式分詞 -- helping
    Past Participle  過去式分詞 -- helped
    Perfect Participle 完成式分詞 -- having helped...
    實際上,上面所舉的那個help,看來只有下列幾種"變形"而已:
    help, helping, helped
    但是好多動詞它的Past和Perfect時態(tài)的拼寫法就不太相同,如:
    write: wrote(Past), written(Perfect)
    sing: sang(Past),  sung(Perfect)
    而有些動詞則"始終如一",各種時態(tài)(除了各類進行式)都是一樣的拼寫,如:
    cut,hit, hurt, let, put, read, shut ...
    上面所談都是一些動詞的基礎(chǔ)知識。言歸正傳,基本上分詞分為下列兩種(第三種的Perfect Participle拼入  Past Participle):
    1. 現(xiàn)在式分詞(Present Participle)
    2. 過去式分詞(Past Participle)
    注意:過去式分詞所用的動詞都屬于"完成時態(tài)"(Perfect)。