黃久祥
感嘆句是表示喜怒哀樂(lè)等強(qiáng)烈感情的句子。感嘆句句末通常用感嘆號(hào),讀時(shí)應(yīng)該用降調(diào)。
感嘆句的基本句型
1. What+(a / an)+形容詞+名詞+主語(yǔ)+謂語(yǔ)!如:
What a clever boy he is! (他是個(gè))多么聰明的男孩??!
What an interesting story it is! (這是個(gè))多么有趣的故事??!
有時(shí)也可以省略其中的形容詞或名詞。如下列情況:
(1) 當(dāng)其中的名詞帶有形容詞意味時(shí):
What luck! 真幸運(yùn)!
What fools! 真是些笨蛋!
(2) 當(dāng)進(jìn)行批評(píng)時(shí):
What a mess! 多么臟亂??!
What nonsense! 一派胡言!
(3) 當(dāng)表示強(qiáng)調(diào)或夸張時(shí):
What a lie! 多大的謊言!
What a night! 多糟糕的一個(gè)晚上!
在感嘆句中,What a / an 常用來(lái)修飾單數(shù)可數(shù)名詞,當(dāng)名詞前面的形容詞以元音音素開(kāi)頭時(shí),要用 an;what 是用來(lái)修飾復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞。但有些不可數(shù)名詞,如 rain, surprise, breakfast, lunch 等,當(dāng)前面有形容詞修飾,抽象名詞變得具體化時(shí),則要用 what a / an,如:
What a heavy rain it is!多么大的一場(chǎng)雨?。?/p>
What a delicious breakfast it is! 多么美味的一頓早餐??!
2. How+形容詞 / 副詞+主語(yǔ)+謂語(yǔ)!如:
How cute the girl is! 這個(gè)女孩多么可愛(ài)?。?/p>
How fast he runs! 他跑得多么快?。?/p>
how還可以修飾動(dòng)詞構(gòu)成感嘆句,但動(dòng)詞不提前。如:
How I want to be a doctor! 我多么想成為一名醫(yī)生?。?/p>
How she dances!她跳得多好啊!
感嘆句有時(shí)可用“how+主語(yǔ)+動(dòng)詞”構(gòu)成,此時(shí)how直接用于修飾動(dòng)詞。如:
How I missed you!我多么想念你啊!
How you've grown! 你都長(zhǎng)這么大啦!
修飾名詞的形容詞如果是表示數(shù)量的many, much, little, few時(shí),疑問(wèn)詞要用how,即使它們后面跟有名詞。如:
How little money I have! 我的錢(qián)多么少呀!
How few friends he has! 他的朋友真少!
注意:有時(shí)句中的主語(yǔ)和謂語(yǔ)可以省略。如:
How fast! 多快呀!
How nice! 多好呀!
【小試牛刀】
1. ______ carefully the boy does his homework!
A. How B. How an
C. What D. What an
2. ______ well you sing but ______ badly he dances!
A. How; how B. What; what
C. How; what D. What; how
3. ______ cheap these clothes are! I'd like to buy some for my son.
A. How an B. How
C. What D. What an
4. ______ fools they were! They believed what the girls said.
A. How B. How an
C. What D. What an
5. ______ difficult questions they are! I can't answer them.
A. How B. How an
C. What D. What an