英语系动词用法小结
重庆市奉节中学 何朝平
英语系动词的功能主要是把表语（名词、形容词、某些副词、非谓词、介词短语、从句）和它的主语联系在一起，说明主语的属性、特征或状态。它有自己的但不完全的词义，不能在句中独立作谓语，必须和后面的表语一起构成句子的谓语。它虽是虚词，但是其用法是复杂的，而且不可忽视。许多英语初学者会因此出现这样那样的错误，然而许多语法书却没作专门系统的介绍。因此，我们有必要小结一下英语系动词用法，以便大家参考。我想从以下四个方面归纳一下英语系动词的用法：I、常见系动词错误及其成因；II、系动词分类；III、系动词用法应注意的8个问题；IV、系动词与高考及其练习。
I、常见系动词错误及其成因：
学英语的中国学生在使用系动词时会碰到以下两个问题：一是有漏掉系动词的倾向性，因为汉语中无系动词，如：
I afraid he won’t come tomorrow(am)
二是误用系动词，如：
His hair changed grey .(混淆了change 与turn，grow)
His hands feel coldly.(feel本身作系动词与实义动词的差别不清)
这主要是因为学生没有把英语中的系动词与实义动词的用法区分开来。二者结构区别如下表，其后所接词性不尽相同，成份也不同。
II.系动词分类：
一、根据系动词后所跟结构，我们可以把英语系动词分为两大类：完全系动词（其后只能跟表语的动词，如be, seem）和半系动词（其后既可跟表语作系动词用法，也可跟宾语或状语作实义动词用，如look）
He looked sad at the news.（“看起来”，系动词用法）
例如：1）
He looked sadly at the boy.(“看着”，实义动词用法)
He looks a clever boy .（“看起来”，系动词用法）
2）
He looks at a clever boy.（“看着”，实义动词用法）
在英语中，某一动词是多义词，既有实义动词用法，又有系动词用法。学生务必弄清其二者区别。切忌把二者混为一谈，这也是会考、高考常见考点。此类常见易混词有：
change listen look touch
① turn ② hear ③ see ④
become sound seem feel
eat continue last remain
⑤ ⑥ ⑦ continue ⑧ stay
taste keep remain leave
二、根据系动词的意义，我们把英语系动词分为四类：
A．五大感官系动词 B．状态系动词
C．动态系动词 D．双谓语系动词
A．五大感官系动词，描述一种感官性质。由实义感官动词变化而来，都是半系动词。
1．look“看起来像是”，后接adj.、n.、分词、介词短语、不定式等。
The girl bit her lips and looked thoughtful.
这位女孩咬着嘴唇，看上去若有所思。
2．smell“闻起来”，后接adj.分词。
The flowers smell sweet.
这些花气味真香。
3．sound“听起来”，后接adj.\分词。
The music sounds sweet.
这首诗听起来真悦耳。
4．taste“尝起来”，后接adj.\分词。
The apples taste very good.
这些苹果很好吃。
5．feel①“摸起来，给……感觉”；②“觉得”，后接adj./p.p.
The silk feels very soft.
丝绸摸起来很滑。
You will feel better after a night’s sleep.
睡上一晚，你会觉得好些。
B．状态系动词：
1．be，“是”，属完全系动词。
I am a student.
我是一个学生。
2．seem,“似乎，好像”，完全系动词。
They seem quite happy.
他们似乎很快乐。
3．appear,“显得，看起来好像”，半系动词。
He appeared tired and sleepy.
他显得疲倦而且好像要睡觉了。
It appeared(to be)a true story.
看来这是一个真实的故事。
The river appears as if enveloped in smog.
这条河好像笼罩在烟雾之中。
Now it appears to me that he may play an important part in settling the problem.
在我看来，他可能在解决这个问题中起着重要作用。
4．keep, “保持……的状态”，半系动词，后接adj或介词短语。
You’d better go to bed and keep warm.
你最好躺在床上去暖和一下。
5．remain,“仍是”，半系动词。
I remained silent.
我仍然缄默。
6．stay“保持（某种状态）”，半系动词，后接adj.、过去分词。
The window stayed open all the night.
7.prove “证明是”，半系动词，后接adj.\n.
The treatment proved to be successful.
这种疗法证明是成功的。
C．动态系动词：都属于半系动词，描述状态变化过程。
1．get“变成，变得……起来”，后可接形容词、分词、介词短语。
The days are getting longer and longer.
白天变得越来越长了。
The train didn’t get going again.
火车还没重新启动。
It’s nothing to get excited about.
没啥可因此而激动的。
My watch gets out of order.
我的表出毛病了。
2．fall“进入（某种状态），成为”，后常接以下形容词：
asleep, lame, silent, ill, sick, flat.
The old men, unable to express himself, fell silent.
那位老人说不清自己的意思，就不做声了。
My father fell ill and died.
我的父亲生病死了。
3．grow“渐渐变得……起来，长得”
You will grow used to it.
你逐渐会习惯的。
It’s growing warm.
天气渐渐暖和起来了。
4．turn“转变成（新的与原来完全不同的色彩或性质），变质（色）”。
Maple trees turn red in autumn.
枫叶在秋天变红了。
It was cloudy this morning, but fortunately it has turned fine.
今天早上是阴天，幸好已经转晴了。
He has turned writer.
他已成为一个作家。
（注意：此时writer之前无冠词a.）
5．go，“变成（某种坏的状态）”
The telephone has gone dead.
电话不通了。
The tire went flat.
轮胎瘪了。
The material has gone a funny colour.
这料子的颜色变得奇怪了。
The thieves must not go unpunished.
决不能让这些盗贼逍遥法外。
go之后常接的adj. 还有：bad, blind, wild, wrong, sour, hard, hungry, mad, red, with, anger, white, pale, blue, grey, naked等。.
6．become“变成，成为（好坏均可的情况）”
He became angry with me.
他对我生气了。
It became dark.天气晚了。
They became good friends.
他们成了好朋友。
I became interested in drawing.
我开始对素描感兴趣了。
7．come，“变成为（已知的状态），证实为”，后常接形容词或前缀un-的过去分词作表语，表示状态或情况的变化。
His wish to become a pilot has come true.
他想当飞行员的愿望实现了。
If you look into the matter, everything will come clear.
如果你调查一下这事，一切都会清楚。
My shoelaces have come undone.
我的鞋带松了。
后面常接的形容词还有：apart, dear（昂贵），natural, open, short, right（好了），unstuck（没有粘住），untied（松开）。
8．run,“变成”，后接adj.
The well has run dry.
这井已经变干了。
The price ran high.
价格上升了。
9．make，“达到某种状态[后接形容词]，如sure, certain, merry, bold, free
We must make certain of facts.
我们一定要弄清事实。
The Children make free with the apples.
孩子们随便吃苹果。
D．双谓语系动词
此类系动词既有系动词的功能，后接表语，又保留原实义动词本身的含义。例如：
The run rose red.
太阳升起红艳艳。
She stopped and stood quite still.
她停下来然后一丝不动地站着。
The book lay open on the table.
那书在桌子上打开着。
The snow lay thick on the ground.
雪厚厚地堆积在地上。
He married young.
他结婚很早。
The window blew open.
窗户吹开了。
The dog has broken loose.
狗挣脱锁链了。
She blushed as red as a peony.
她的脸红得像一朵牡丹花。
Lei Feng died young.
雷锋早逝。
The material has worn thin.
这种布料已穿薄了。
The weather continued calm.
天气仍然平静。
He continued silent.
他继续沉默不语。
III．系动词用法应注意的八个问题
1．系动词的进行时态应分情况讨论。
一般地说，状态系动词无进行时态，而动态系动词有进行时态，而动态系动词有进行时态。但是在某些情况下，状态系动词也有进行时态，表示两个用途：一是表示一种短暂的、反常的状态。如：
He is being kind.
他装出和蔼可亲的样子（一时而不能持久的性质）
二是表示一种探询口气，使语言客气、生动、亲切。例如：
I hope you are keeping well.（语气委婉）
我希望你保持健康。
Are you feeling any better?（语气亲切）
你感觉好了些吗？
试比较：
Your hand feels cold.（无意识的静态性质。）
你的手摸起来冰凉。
不可以说：
Your hand is feeling cold.(×)
但可以说：
The doctor is feeling her pulse.
（有意识的动态动作）
医生正在给她拿脉。
The soup tastes good.（静态性质，无进行时）
这汤的味道不错。
The cook is tasting the soup.（动态动作，有进行时）
厨师在尝汤的味道。
总之，系动词有无进行时态应随系动词的意义或其语境变化而变化。我们在概述某一动词的进行时态时，不能笼统地说feel，smell无进行时，应指出其意义及其语用环境。例如smell的用法可见一斑。
①smell作“嗅觉”的能力时，虽是实义动词，但指的是一种性质的存在状态不能用于进行时态，常与can, could, be able to连用。
The camels can smell the water a mile off.
骆驼能嗅出一英里外有水。
②指“嗅、闻”的动作时，实义动词，可用于进行时态。
The girl is smelling the flower.
这姑娘正在闻那朵花。
③smell指“含有……气味”，“发出……气味”等事物性质时，半系动词，无进行时态。
The dinner smells good.
这饭菜闻起来真香。
2．系动词的时态与形容词的比较级连用的问题。
某些含有变化意义的动态系动词如get, become, grow, turn等的进行时态可与形容词的比较级连用，表示渐进过程，其意思是“越来越……”。例如：
He is growing taller and taller.
他长得越来越高了。
Our life is getting better and better.
我们的生活是越来越好了。
The things are getting worse.
情况是越来越糟了。
3．所有半系动词的被动语态要分情况讨论。
英语中某动词在作系动词用时，无被动语态，而作实义动词用时，才有被动语态，二者不可混为一谈。例如：
不能说：
The apple is tasted good.
（因为taste此时是系动词，“尝起来”之意，指的是苹果的性质，无被动语态）
但我们可以说：
The apple is tasted by me.
这苹果被我尝了一下。
（taste此时指“尝一尝”这一动作，有被动语态）
因此，在平时的英语教学和学习之 ，要有意注意半系动词在具体的语言环境中到底是系动词用法还是实义动词用法，要注意区分、识别。
4．瞬间动态系动词能否与时间段连用的问题
英语中某些表示瞬间意义的系动词不能与“for+时间段，since+时间点，how long until+时间,by + 时间，so far”等直接连用。例如：
①不能说：He has become a teacher for 2 years.
应改为：He has been a teacher for 2 years.
②不能说：He has turned writer since 3 years ago.
应改为：He has been a write since 3 years ago.
或It is two years since he turned writer.
③不能说：He got angry until his child came back home.
应改为：He didn’t get angry until his child came back home.
5．系动词能接几种表语（从句）
系动词除了接adj.\n.\prep.短语，某些adv.以外，还可接以下几种表语形式：
①能接as if/as though表语从句的系动词有：look（看起来），smell（闻起来），sound（听起来），feel（觉得）；appear（显得），seem（似乎）。例如：
It looks as if we are going to have snow.
看样子天要下雪了。
He looked as if he had just stepped out of my book of fairy tales.
他看来好像刚从我的童话故事中走出来似的。
She seemed as if (though) she couldn’t understand why Laura was there.
看来她好像不能理解为什么劳拉呆在那儿。
It sounds to me as though there’s a tap running somewhere.
我好像听到某处水龙头流水的声音。
She felt as if her head were splitting.
她仿佛觉得她的头要裂开了。
The river appeared as if enveloped in smog.
那条河好像笼罩在烟雾之中。
It seems as if it were spring already.
好像已是春天了。
②可用于“It+系动词+that从句”结构的有：seem, appear, 不可用be, look。如：
It seemed that he had made some serious mistakes in his work.
好像他在工作中犯了严重错误。
It appeared that he was talking to himself.
好像他在自言自语。
③能用不定式作表语的系动词有：be, seem, get, look, appear, prove, grow.
Her job is to look after the children.
她的工作是照料孩子们。
He seems not to look after the children.
他好像不是她的父亲。
He looks to be a young girl of twenty.
他看起来像是一个20岁的年轻姑娘。
He didn’t appear to dislike it.
看不出他憎恨此事。
My advice proved to be wrong.
我的建议证明是错误的。
He will grow to like this work gradually.
他会逐渐喜欢这个工作的。
④能与there连用的系动词有：be, appear, seem.
There appeared to be only one room.
那儿好像只有一个房间。
There seems(to be)no need to go.
似乎没有必要走。
6．能用两种否定形式的系动词有两个：seem, appear.
举例说明：
It doesn’t seem that we can get our money back.
= It seems that we can’t get our money back.
He seems not to be her father.
= He doesn’t seem to be her father.
The baby doesn’t appear to be awake.
= The baby appears not to be awake.
7．后接作表语的过去分词可构成系表结构
能构成系表结构的系动词通常有两个：第一个是常见的be(is, am, was等)；第二个是get，口语中常用。当二者作系动词用时，它们均表示一种存在状态，而不表示被动动作；当二者作助动词用时，后接作谓语的过去分词构成被动语态。
Be + P.P常可以用get + P.P.来代替，但是并不是be系动词总是可以用get来代替。Get + P.P.系表结构常用于以下两种情况：
1）表示偶然的、突发性的、意想不到的被动动作的结果或状态。
Last night I got caught in the downpour.
昨夜我被雨淋了（表示意想不到）
The new car got scratched.
新车给刮坏了。（表突发性）
2）表示对自身所作的事。如get dressed, get lost等。
John got wounded while playing football last Saturday.
约翰上周星期六踢足球时受了伤。
They got married last month.
他们上个月结婚了。
另外，要注意区分系表结构与被动语态结构的用法。
8．几组易混系动词的区别
系动词的区别主要从两个方面作比较，一是其意义，二是其结构。
1）get, become, go, turn, grow“变成”；
get： “变得”口语。后接形容词、现在分词、过去分词、介词短语、不定式作表语，但不能与名词直接连用。
become：“变成，成为（好坏情况均可）。”后接形容词、名词、过去分词作表语，不能与不定式连用。
go： “变成（某种由好到坏的情况）”，后接形容词、过去分词、名词作表语。
Turn： “转变成”强调与原来不同的、新的变化，如变质、变色等。后接形容词、不带冠词的名词作表语，后不接不定式。
grow： “逐渐变得……”，强调其变化过程。后接形容词、分词、不定式，不可直接跟名词。
以上词的例子见前面相关词例。
2）look, seem, appear“好像”
①三者作系动词时在意义上的区别：
look：“好像，看起来”，一般用于非正式场合，侧重指从本身外表特征上由视觉得到的印象。
seem ：“似乎，好像”，指说话人内心的估计与判断，有一定依据，接近于实际情况。
Appear：“显得，好像”，常用于正式文体中，指某事物或人给他人的表面印象，有时含有实质上并非如此之意。
例如：
He looks like his father. （指其长相看起来相像）
He seems like his father. （指说话人从个性方面得到的判断）
He appears like his father.（指他的外貌、衣着给他人的印象）
②三者作系动词时在结构上的区别：
现列表分析三者之后所接成份（可带者打“√”，不可接者打“×”）。
例句见前面相关词例。
3）keep, remain, stay“保持……状态”
①keep系动词用时“保持……状态”，后接adj.或介词短语其后常见：alive,awake,cheerful,silent,dry,well,fit,fine,close,clean,happy,firm in one’s stand等。
Have you kept well all these years?
这些年来你身体好么？
I hope it will keep fine.
我希望天气继续好下去。
In order to keep fit, all students go in for sports.
为了保持健康，所有学生都参加体育运动。
We’d better keep in touch.
我们最好保持联系。
②remain，系动词“仍然存在……状态”，后接adj.、过去分词、名词或介词短语，强调某种状态前后无变化。
The door remained closed.
门仍然关着。
Kosovo intensity remained high.
科索沃局势仍然高度紧张。
Peter became a judge but John remained a fisherman.
彼得当了法官，而约翰依旧是渔民。
Your room remains like this.
你的房间依旧是这样子。
③stay，作系动词用时“保持……状态”，后接形容词、分词。
That fellow stayed single.
那个小伙子仍保持单身。
The door stayed closed.
门一直关着（无比较的持续状态）
It’s easy to stay hidden.
躲起来很容易。
Please stay seated.
请继续坐着。
后常接的形容词有：calm, clean, fresh, healthy, tight, young, open, awake, still, warm, fine, as high as…,常可与keep互换。如：
Stay/keep calm(clean, fine, healthy, awake等)
IV.系动词与高考及其练习
1.系动词出现于单项选择题中
①The story sounds_________________(MET 89)
A. to be true B. as true C. being true D. true
②Those oranges taste__________(MET 91)
A. good B. well C. to be good D. to be well
③---Are you feeling___________?
---Yes, I’m fine now/(NMET92)
A. any well B. any better
C. quite good D. quite better
④----Can I join the club, Dad.
----You can when you _________a bit older.(NMET 94)
A. get B. will get C. get D. will have got
⑤---Do you like the material?
----Yes, it _______very soft.(NMET 94)
A. is feeling B. felt C. feels D. is felt
⑥I love to go to the seaside on Summer. It_____ good to lie in the sun or swim in the cool sea.(NMET 96)
A. does B. feels C. gets D. makes
⑦Cleaning women in big cities usually get _______by the hour.(NMET 98)
A. pay B. paying C. paid D. to pay
⑧Why don’t you put the meat in the fridge? It will _____ for several days.(NMET2003）
A. be stayed B. stay C. be staying D. have stayed
(以上七题答案分别如下：1.D, 2.A, 3.B, 4.A, 5.C, 6.B, 7.C, 8.B)
2.系动词与短文改错
（NMET 96）
They eager to know everything about China and asked me lots of questions.(were)
(NMET 97)
I’d like to your pen friend, and get to know more about your country.(be)
3.系动词巩固练习
选择填空：请在A、B、C、D四个选基中选出正确答案。
①What you have said_______.
A．is sounded interesting B．sounds interesting
C．sound interested D．listens interested
②The class begins. Please keep________.
A．silent B．silence C．the silence D．silently
③Look! Several people in the crowd seemed_______.
A．to be fighting B．to have fought
C．being fought D．having fought
④How _____the song she sings sounds! I have never ______a better voice.
A．beautifully, sounded B．beautiful, sounded
C．sweet, listened to D．sweet, heard
⑤Her feeling about the marriage ______rather strange.
A．is looked B．is seemed
C．seems D．is appeared
⑥The new shirt______ right.
A．doesn’t feel B．isn’t felt
C．isn’t feeling D．doesn’t touch
⑦How happy it_______ for me to be home again after twenty years abroad!
A．gives B．feels C．is felt D．is given
⑧John _____driver since two months ago.
A．became a B．has become a
C．has turned D．has been a
⑨He _____he felt very _______over the death of the boy.
A．seemed that, sad B．seemed as if, sadly
C．looked as though, sad D．looked that, sadness
⑩The ice_____ thick on the river.
A．is lain B．lay C．laid D．lie
(其答案分别是：1——5：BAADC，6——10：ABDCB)
连系动词看似简单,实则是中学英语中的重要语法项目,同时,也是历届高考考查的重点和热点。
现将连系动词的用法分析归纳如下:
一、用法
连系动词本身有一定的词义,但不能独立作谓语,必须与表语一起构成谓语。表语通常由名词、形容词,或相当于名词或形容词的词或短语等充当,说明主语是什么或怎么样。
二、分类
1. "存在"类:表示存在或具有某种特征或状态.这类连系动词强调"存在"。常见的有:be(是),look(看起来),feel(摸上去),seem(似乎是),appear(似乎、显得),prove(证明是),smell(闻起来),taste(尝起来),sound(听起来)等。例如:
The story sounds true.
Those oranges taste good.
2. "持续"类:表示某种情况或状态的持续。这类连系动词强调"持续"。常见的有:remain(依然),keep(保持),stay(保持),continue(继续、仍旧),stand(处于某状况或情形)等。例如:
Why don't you put the meat in the fridge? It will stay fresh for several days.
It's already ten in the morning. The store remains closed. What's the matter?
3. "变化"类:表示由一种情况或状态变化成另一种情况或状态。这类连系动词强调"变化"后的情况或状态.常见的有:become(变成), turn(变成), grow(变得), go(变得)等。例如:
Put the fish in the fridge, or it will go bad in hot weather.
三、注意事项
1. 有些连系动词通常不用于被动语态和进行时态中。如:feel, taste等词。例如:
-Do you like the material?
-Yes, it feels very soft.
2. 一般情况下,连系动词主要跟形容词或分词作表语。例如:
Be careful when you cross this very busy street. If not, you may get run over by a car.
3. 能跟名词作表语的连系动词常见的有:be, become, appear, seem, prove, remain和turn等.注意:turn后跟(表示主语身份的)名词作表语时,不加冠词。例如:
Twenty years later, he turned teacher.
The population growth in China remains a problem.
4. 连系动词也可跟不定式(to do / to be),常见的有:appear, seem, remain, prove, look等。例如:
Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains to be seen whether they will enjoy it.
On the long journey, Peter proved to be a most interesting guide. We all had a wonderful time.
英语中，除be动词之外，还有许多表示状态的特征、存在和变化的连系动词。get, become, grow, turn, come, go, fall以及run, wear, make等动词能够表达“成为”、“变成”等意义，即表示状态的变化。如：get ready(准备好), run dry(干枯), go wrong(出毛病)，fall due(到期)等。 有些词组的结构搭配较为固定，毋需赘述。但纵观其它连系动词及自身相互比较，表示状态变化的连系动词有以下特点。
一、时态表达 直接自然
一般而言，如果不表达某一特殊含义，连系动词是没有进行时和完成时的。seem, appear等连系动词的进行时和完成时也必须通过其后的不定式或从句来表达。而表示状态变化的连系动词都可以直接用进行时、完成时及将来时来表达正在（渐渐）、已经或将要“变得”或“成为”等时间概念或意义。试比较下列几组句子：
1) He seemed to be writing something.(=It seemed that he was writing something.)
他好象在写什么东西。
Our country is becoming (或getting) stronger and stronger.
我们国家日益强大。
2) He seems (或appears) to have been to Beijing. (=It seems (或appears) that he has been to Beijing.)
他似乎去过北京。
The custom has now become a rule.
那习俗现已变为成规。
This material has worn thin.
这料子已磨薄了。
3) It seems as if it is going to rain.
看来快下雨了。
The milk in the cup will go bad.
杯子里的牛奶要坏了。
二、内部结构 各有侧重
连系动词要跟表语。表示状态变化的连系动词和表语的基本结构如以下图表：（其后的例词为其中部分较常见的结构搭配）
词 例 形容词 名 词 过去分词 不定式 介 词
get ready/ strong/ sick an old man married/ used to/ drunk/ to know/ to like/ to be under way
become easy/ silent chairman/
a big problem known/ crowded __ of...
grow tall/old/ hot __ excited/ advanced to like/ to be out of fashion/ into..
turn red/pale / sour writer/ traitor un-结构 __ __ into.../ from ...to...
come true/ cheap/dear __ to know/ to be on duty
go white/ hungry the colour/pink
(较少用) unnoticed/ unpunished __ out of fashion/
out of one\'s mind
fall ill/ asleep victim/
(或prey) __ __ in love with/ out of fashion
run dry/wild/ short __ __ __ __
wear thin __ __ __ __
make __ a good actor __ __ __
以上图表显示出有关连系动词和表语较常见的搭配。可以看出，它们大都用途广泛，结构灵活。及某一方面的侧重或特色。但在实际使用中是有分寸的。
１、除make外, 均可接形容词，表示“(渐渐)变成(某种状态)”；come表示“算起来（贵、贱等）”。
It grew (或got, became) colder as night drew on.
当夜幕降临时，天气渐渐变得冷一些了。
We may not get wiser as we get older.
不一定年龄越大就越聪明。
Your hair has turned (或gone) grey.
你的头发变白了。
The horse fell lame.那马跛了。
The boy\'s wish to become an expert has come true.
那孩子想当专家的愿望已经实现。
The expense comes cheap [expensive/dear].
这开支算起来便宜（昂贵）。
２、become, get, turn, make, fall可接名词，但各有特点。get后的名词前可加to be，而become则不行;turn跟名词时，前面多不加冠词。make必须与有定语的名词连用; fall常与victim，prey(牺牲者、受害者)等名词连用。（go偶尔接颜色类名词）
He has become (或got) a (famous) scientist.
他成了（著名）科学家。
He has made a famous scientist.
他成了著名科学家。
He used to be a soldier till he turned writer.
他当作家之前曾是战士。
The guard fell a victim to the dagger of a murderer.
警卫死于凶手的刀下。
She fell (或was falling) an easy prey to him.
她轻易地被他控制着。
３、分词前面多用become和 get表示；也有用grow接分词的情况；以un-开头的过去分词前主要用come，还有用go来表示的。
The room soon became crowded.
屋里一会儿就挤满了人。
At last the truth became (或got) known.
最后真相大白了。
Don\'t get caught in the storm.
别让暴风雨淋着了。
Has he got engaged [married]?
他定婚（结婚）了吗？
Look out! You nearly got hit by the car.
当心！你差点让车给撞了。
The string came undone.
绳子散了。
The buttons on my coat came unfastened.
我的上衣扣子松了。
The package he is carrying is about to come unwrapped.
他扛的包快要散了。
The murderer shall not go unpunished.
凶手必须受到惩罚。
We soon grew dissatisfied with our work.
我们很快对自己的工作不满意了。
４、come, go, get等后面可接不定式，表示一种状态的变化；有些结构中to be可以省略。注：become后不能接不定式。
Mr Smith is getting (to be) an old man.
史密斯先生渐渐成了老人。
I\'ve come to like him.
我渐渐喜欢他了。
She\'s growing (或getting) to hate those who don\'t keep their promise.
她渐渐地痛恨那些说话不算数的人了。
He has grown to be a fine young man.
他长成个很好的男子汉了。
５、come, go, grow, get, fall接介词短语的情况较多一些，有些已构成固定表达。如：go into a rage(大发雷庭); fall into despair(陷入绝望之中)。另举几例：
He has grown into a fine young man.他长成个很棒的男子汉了。
At nine, she fell in love with the pipa. 她九岁就爱上了琵琶。
The child comes of(或from) a poor family.孩子出身于贫家。
三、褒贬色彩 各居其位
１、有些连系动词受到原行为动词意义的影响，常常褒贬搭配，泾渭分明。如：
go bad [hungry, mad, blind, deaf, tired, etc.]变坏(饿、疯、瞎、聋、累……)
turn sour [cold, chilly, pale, quarrelsome, etc.]变得酸（冷、寒冷、苍白、爱争吵……）
fall ill (或sick) [asleep，silent, etc.]生病、睡着、沉默起来……
come true [right]变为现实（正确）
grow rich[ tall, large, clever, old, etc.]变得富裕(高、大、聪明、年老……)
２、颜色类形容词如red, green等前面多用turn和go,亦有用grow等词来表示的。
Her face went (或turned) red with anger.
她脸都气红了。
She went black in the face.
她（气得或累得）脸上发紫。
The fox may grow grey, but never good.
（谚语）江山易改，本性难移。
应该注意的是，由于表示状态变化的连系动词均由行为动词演变而成。因此，究竟怎样搭配，还是应该按照不同的意义、语境或结构加以处理，从而表达出某种最准确的固定含义。如：
The milk has gone bad.=The milk has turned.
牛奶坏了。
The wheat is coming nicely.
小麦长势良好。
Something has gone wrong with my watch.
我的手表出了毛病。
Everything went well [badly].
一切情况良好（恶劣）。
连系动词多有自己的意思，但不能独立作谓语，必须与表语（名词、形容词，或与之相当的词类、短语、从句）一起构成合成谓语。最常用的连系动词为be（是）动词，即完全连系动词，另外还有look，turn，feel，get，become，sound，smell，stand，go，remain等半连系动词。无论是完全连系动词还是半连系动词、后面都有表语。由于半连系动词是由实意动词变来的，那如何分辨该动词为实意动词还是半连系动词呢？这对初学英语的中学生来说会感到有点困难，我在教学中尝试用比较法和替换法，使学生较能接受。
1．比较法
比较下列各组句子
(1) A． Please look at the blackboard．请看黑板。
B． He looked a perfect fool．他看上去是个十足的傻瓜。
(2) A．Turn to Page 16．翻到 16页。
B．He turned traitor to his country．他背叛了祖国。
A．He felt it his duty to help others．
他认为帮助别人是自己的责任。
B．I felt very hungry after a long walk．
走了一段长路，我感到很饿。
A.Get me some ink．给我一些墨水。
B．Our motherland is getting stronger and stronger．
我们国家变得越来越强大了。
A．Such words do not become a scholar．
那样的话不像出自学者之口。
B．Some of the land became covered with water．
一些田地覆盖着水。
A．This black key on the piano won't sound．
这钢琴上的黑键按下去不响。
B． The story sounds interesting．
这故事听起来很有趣。
A.I am sure I smell gas．我肯定闻到了煤气味。
B．The flowers smell sweet．花朵散发芳香。
A．He was too weak to stand．他太虚弱，不能站立。
B．Holding the note in his hand，he stood there dumbfounded．
他拿着钞票，站在那里，目瞪口呆。
A．He goes to school early every morning.
他每天早上很早上学。
B． They went mad．他们发狂了。
A． I remained 3 weeks in Paris．
我在巴黎逗留了三周。
B．He never remained satisfied with his success．
他从不满足于自己的成绩。
2．替换法
分析以上10组句子我们不难看出B组动词均为连系动词，因为如果我们把动词 be（是）的适当形式替代斜体动词，句子能够成立，后面的成分即是表语。
（1）He was a perfect fool．
（2）He was a traitor to his country.
（3）I was very hungry after a long walk．
（4）Our motherland is stronger and stronger．
（5）Some of the land was covered with water．
（6）The story is interesting．
（7）The flowers are sweet．
（8）Holding the note in his hand，he was there dumbfounded．
（9）They were mad．
（10）He was never satisfied with his success．
反之，如果把 be（是）动词的适当形式替代 A组动词，句子则不能成立，无法解释，A组动词均不为连系动词：
*（l）Please be at the blackboard．
*（2）Be to Pagel6．
*（3）He was if his duty to help others．
*（4）Be me some ink．
*（5）Such words are not a scholar．
*（6）The black key on the piano won't be．
*（7）I am sure I am gas．
*（8）He was too weak to be．
*（9）He is to school early every morning．
*（10）I was 3 weeks in Paris．
另外半连系动词是由实意动词变来的。所以把含有半连系动词的句子改为疑问句时，一定要用助动词。
例如：1． Do they look tired？
2．Has she got ready？
3．Did it become much more expensive to travel abroad？
不论完全连系动词或半连系动词，它们都有时态的变化，但有些半连系动词从形式上看像是现在进行时，实际上并不表示动作正在进行。而是表示“渐渐”的意思或表示一种感情色彩。
（1）It's getting warmer and warmer．
天渐渐暖和起来了。
（2）Are you feeling better now？
你现在好点了吗？
因为半连系动词本属于不及物动词，所以没有被动语态。
如不能说：* Good medicine is tasted bitter to the mouth．应说：
Good medicine tastes bitter to the mouth．良药苦口。
半连系动词的教学还是个较困难的问题，但在初学阶段用先比较，再替换的方法，还是能使学生掌握哪些实意动词可充当半连系动词，收到事半功倍的效果。
连系动词
连系动词本身有一定的词义,但不能独立作谓语,必须与表语一起构成谓语。
表语通常由名词、形容词,或相当于名词或形容词的词或短语等充当,说明主语是什么或怎么样。
一、 连系动词的类型有：
1. "存在"类:表示存在或具有某种特征或状态.这类连系动词强调"存在"。常见的有:be(是),look(看起来),feel(摸上去),seem(似乎是),appear(似乎、显得),prove(证明是),smell(闻起来),taste(尝起来),sound(听起来)等。例如:
The story sounds true.
Those oranges taste good.
2. "持续"类:表示某种情况或状态的持续。这类连系动词强调"持续"。常见的有:remain(依然),keep(保持),stay(保持),continue(继续、仍旧),stand(处于某状况或情形)等。例如:
Why don't you put the meat in the fridge? It will stay fresh for several days.
It's already ten in the morning. The store remains closed. What's the matter?
3. "变化"类:表示由一种情况或状态变化成另一种情况或状态。这类连系动词强调"变化"后的情况或状态.常见的有:become(变成), turn(变成), grow(变得), go(变得)等。例如:
Put the fish in the fridge, or it will go bad in hot weather.
二、注意事项
1. 有些连系动词通常不用于被动语态和进行时态中。如:feel, taste等词。例如:
-Do you like the material?
-Yes, it feels very soft.
2. 一般情况下,连系动词主要跟形容词或分词作表语。例如:
Be careful when you cross this very busy street. If not, you may get run over by a car.
3. 能跟名词作表语的连系动词常见的有:be, become, appear, seem, prove, remain和turn等.注意:turn后跟(表示主语身份的)名词作表语时,不加冠词。例如:
Twenty years later, he turned teacher.
The population growth in China remains a problem.
4. 连系动词也可跟不定式(to do / to be),常见的有:appear, seem, remain, prove, look等。例如:
Having a trip abroad is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains to be seen whether they will enjoy it.
On the long journey, Peter proved to be a most interesting guide. We all had a wonderful time.
连系动词(link v.)是一种本身有一定的意义，但不能独立做句子谓语的动词，需要在它的后面加上表语一起构成"系表结构"。最常见的系动词是be，但有些感官动词和有些表示变化的动词也可作连系动词。其用法特点如下：
一、be用作连系动词，后常加形容词、数词、副词、名词、介词短语等作表语。例如：
She is beautiful.
He was thirteen last year.
Is your mother in? No, she's out.
My father is a doctor.
The bag isn't on the desk. It's in the desk.
二、常见感官动词用作连系动词及常与其搭配的形容词。
例如：
The school looks so beautiful. 学校看起来很美。
The plan sounds nice. 这个计划听起来不错。
The meat smells terrible. 这肉闻起来很难闻。
The milk tastes sour. 牛奶酸了。
She feels a little nervous. 她感到有点紧张。
三、表示变化的连系动词及常与其搭配的形容词。
例如：
His face is turning red. 他的脸变红了。
Our country is becoming stronger and stronger. 我们的国家正变得越来越强大了。
When summer comes, it is getting hotter and hotter. 当夏天到来时，天气变得越来越热。
四、表示感觉和表示变化的连系动词的否定、疑问以及时态变化的形式均类似于行为动词。
例如：
They don't look well.
The music sounds nice, doesn't it?
Did he feel excited at the news?
Beijing is becoming more and more beautiful.
She always seems sad, doesn't she?
喜欢英语和音乐的朋友，欢迎访问我们的钢琴网www.pianoweb.cn 和游四方网www.you4fang.cn
