英语语法存在句知识点:there be…的否定式与疑问式
英语语法存在句知识点:there be…的否定式与疑问式
■ there be句式否定式的用法
there be句式的否定式通常应将否定词置于动词be之后:
There is not any bread left.
没有一点面包了。
There isn’t anything I can do for you.
我帮不了你什么忙。
若谓语中包括有助动词或情态动词,通常将否定词置于助动词与情态动词之后:
There can’t be so many mistakes.
不可能有那么多错误。
There shouldn’t be any doubt about it.
对此不应有什么怀疑。
There haven’t been any parties in weeks.
好几个礼拜没开过晚会了。
另外注意以下类型的否定式:
There doesn’t seem to have been any difficulty over the money question.
在钱的问题上似乎没发生什么困难。
■ there be句式疑问式的用法
there be句式的疑问式通常应将否定词置于动词be之后:
Is there any good film on?
映什么好电影吗?
Is there room for me in the car?
车子里还有我坐的地方吗?
Are there any letters for me?
有我的`信吗?
若谓语中包括有助动词或情态动词,通常将助动词或情态动词移至句首构成疑问式:
Has there been an accident?
出事了吗?
Have there been any new developments?
有什么新的发展吗?
Can there have been so much rain there?
那儿会下过那么多雨吗?
另外注意以下类型的疑问式:
Uncle Jesse, why do there have to be poor people like those?
杰西叔,为什么一定要有他们那样的穷人?
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