英语疑难解析:与现在事实相反的虚拟语气
#英语易错知识点#
与现在事实相反的虚拟语气:
此时条件从句的谓语动词用过去式,主句的谓语则要用 would (should,could,might)+动词原形:
If there were no subjective mood,English would be much easier.
要是没有虚拟语气,英语就会容易得多了。
If I knew his telephone number,I would ring him up.
我要是知道他的电话号码,我就给他打电话了。
在虚拟条件句,动词be的过去式通常用were(不管是单数还是复数),但在现代英语,单数情况也可以用was:
We could ask him if he were [was] here.
他要是在这里,我们就可以问问他了。
但是在某些表达(If I were you,as it were等)中,be只用were这一形式:
If I were you,I should go and see the doctor at once.
假若我是你,我会马上去看医生。
The sky is covered,as it were,with a black curtain.
天空好像是被黑幕遮住了似的。
有时在虚拟条件句也可能用 could,might等,那多半是因为语义的需要:
If he could help you,he would help you.
要是他能够帮助你的话,他会帮助你的。
看下面的题目:
If he was here,he __________ us how to do it.
A.told
B.would tell
C.had told
D.have told
此题应选 B。
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