先來看看這個題目:

I saw a ___ film. (new,fantastic, British)

fantastic British tic new British tic British new

答案:本題選 B

當(dāng)兩個以上形容詞修飾一個名詞,形容詞該如何排列?為什么不能說a black new pen,而是說成a new black pen?這里面有無規(guī)則可循?

如果你記住 Opshacom 這個為幫助記憶而杜撰的詞,就能掌握英語中形容詞排列的順序。

Opshacom中p代表opinion,指表示人們觀點的形容詞,如beautiful,horrible,lovely,nice等;

sh 代表shape,指表示形狀的形容詞,如long,short,round,narrow等;

a 代表age,指表示年齡、時代的形容詞,如old,new,young等;

c 代表colour,指表示顏色的形容詞,如red,black,orange等;

o 代表origin,指表示國籍、地區(qū)的形容詞,如British,Canadian,German等;

m 代表material,指表示材料的形容詞,如plastic,metal,aluminium等。

英語中這六類形容詞連用時就按上述先后順序排列,如a nice long new black British plastic pen。當(dāng)然,實際語言使用中不可能出現(xiàn)這么多形容詞連用的情況。

請根據(jù)形容詞排列規(guī)則完成以下練習(xí):

1.She has a ___ jacket.(leather,brown,beautiful)

2.He has a ___ car. (American,long,red)

3.They live in a ___ house. (old,beautiful)

4.We have a ___ table. (antique,small,wooden)

5.He has a ___ jumper. (woollen, lovely, red)

6.She has a ___ ring. (diamond,new,fabulous)

7.It was a ___ song.(French,old, lovely)

8.He owns a ___ dog.(black,horrible,big)

9.She bought a ___ scarf.( gorgeous,silk,pink)

答案:

ful brown leather jacket.

red American car.

ful old house.

antique wooden table.

red woollen jumper.

us new diamond ring.

old French song.

le big black dog.

us pink silk scarf.