动词虚拟语气
陈述语气
- 用于描述现实
- The rabbit ate the carrot.
祈使语气
- 命令请求
- Rabbit, eat the carrot!
- 绝大多数情况下,祈使语气就是:
- 用第二人称、用一般现在时态表达
- 将其中的第二人称去除,保持动词原形即可
虚拟语气
在描述脑中所想的,个人意愿的,和现实想反的,就需要用虚拟语气
表示“不可能的假设”
- 与现在相反,即现在发生的可能性很小
- 条件句:过去式(如果动词是be,那么要用were,不管什么人称)
- 主句:would+动词原形
- 与将来相反,即未来发生的可能性很小
- 条件句:should(shall的过去式,这里不表示应该)+动词原形(should 可用 were to 替代)
- 主句:would+动词原形(would 可用 should, could, might 替代)
- 与过去想反,即过去没有发生的事情
- 条件句:had+动词过去分词
- 主句:would have+动词过去分词
若干例句分析:
- If I saw the rabbit now, I would bite him
- If I see the rabbit tomorrow, I will bite him
- If I should see the rabbit tomorrow, I would bite him
- If I had seen the rabbit a few days ago, I would have bitten him
表示愿望、请求、建议等
- wish(对可能性小的事情用)
- I wish that I were a rabbit
- I wish you were here
- I wish that I had eaten the carrot
- I wish that I could eat the carrot
- would rather
- I would rather that you didn’t eat the carrot
- I would rather that you hadn’t eat the carrot
- demand, suggest, insist, order(都要用should)
- I demand that you should give me a carrot
- I demanded that you should give me a carrot