语气
1. 陈述语气: I hope our country will become strong and prosperous.
2. 疑问语气:How old are you?
3. 祈使语气:Come and join us.
4. 虚拟语气
虚拟语气
1. 表示一种纯然假想的情况或主观愿望时,动词需用一种特殊的形式,即为虚拟语气。最常在条件句中使用:
1) 真实条件句,条件是可能实现的:If I have time I’ll come over to see you.
2) 虚拟条件句,条件(相对现有实际)为纯然假想的:If I had enough money, I would buy a computer.
2. 虚拟条件句
1)格式表
主句 从句
与现在事实相反 主语+should/could/might/would do if+主语+did/were
与过去事实相反 主语+ should/could/might/would have done if+主语+had done
对将来情况的推测 主语+ should/could/might/would do if+主语+were to do/did/were/should do
*should/could/might/would各自的意思:
should:应该,用来表示义务或职责;用于表示可能性或期望;用于表示可能性或可能发生的事件;用于使一个直接或直率的陈述变得婉转:
could:用来表示过去的能力、可能性或允许;用来表推测或条件;用于表示试探性或礼貌
might:可能:用来表示一种与事实相反的情况或状态;可能:用于表示一种可行性或可能性,比may 的语气弱;能够,会:用于表示过去时中的可能性或许可性;可以:用于表示较为恭敬或礼貌,较may,ought 或 should 委婉。
would:用于表愿望、请求或建议的陈述之后;用于有礼貌的请求;表示不确定之意。
例句:
If I had a map, I would lend it to you.
If I were you, I would plant some trees around the house.
If I had known that you were coming, I would have met you at the airport.
If anything had happened, he would have informed us.
If he were to resign, who would take his place?
If I should do the job next year, I would do it in a different way.
2)虚拟条件句中的倒装:省略if,were/had/should提前:
Were I Tom, I would refuse.
Should you require anything, just call me.
Hadn’t it been for your timely help, we would have got into serious trouble.
3) 错综时间条件句:主从句谓语表示的动作在时间上不一致。
If the weather had been more favorable, the crops would be growing still better.
If you had taken her advice, you wouldn’t be in such trouble now.
If he were leaving, you would have heard about it.
I would have written to you before but I have been ill.