cleaning cleans cleaned
vitising visits visited
playing plays played
limbing limbs limbed
watching watches watched
現在分詞壹般都按他的規律來走,很少有特殊的、
a)在壹般情況下,在動詞原形後直接加詞尾 –ing。
名詞變復數
.壹般名詞復數是在名詞後面加上“s”,如map→maps, bag→bags等;
2.以s, sh, ch, x等結尾的詞加“es”,如bus→buses, watch→watches等;
3.以輔音字母+y結尾的詞,變y為i加es,如baby→babies等;以元音字母+ y結尾的名詞變復數時,直接加s變復數,如monkey→monkeys, holiday→holidays, storey→storeys(樓層);
4.以o 結尾的名詞變復數時:
a)加s的名詞有:photo→photos ,piano→pianos, radio→radios, zoo→zoos
b)加es的名詞有:
potato→potatoes tomato→tomatoes
5.以f或fe結尾的名詞變復數時:
a)加s的名詞有:
belief→beliefs roof→roofs
safe→safes gulf→gulfs
b)去掉f, fe 加ves的名詞有:
half→halves knife→knives
leaf→leaves wolf→wolves
wife→wives life→lives thief→thieves
eg. go – going; do – doing; ask – asking; read --- reading
特別要註意:這和第三人稱壹般現在時的詞尾變化不同,動詞詞尾如為“輔音字母 + y” 時不變,在其後直接加 –ing。
eg. study – studying; carry – carrying; fly – flying; worry – worrying;
b) 在以不發音的e 結尾的動詞後,去掉e,再加- ing。
eg. come – coming live – living dance – dancing make – making
c)在閉音節的單音節動詞後、以重讀閉音節結尾的多音節動詞,而末尾只有壹個輔音字母時,將這個輔音字母雙寫(x除外),然後再加 –ing.
sit – sitting; run – running; begin – beginning; forget – forgetting
d)在少數幾個以 –ie 結尾的動詞後:須將–ie 變作y,再加- ing。(這些動詞詞典壹般均註明)
eg. die – dying; tie – tying lie – lying