i. 表示存在意义的全倒装句
1. 表示存在意义的句型用倒装句,强调存在的方位,有如下几种:
1)There (appear, seem, happen, used) + to be +主语+其他
There seems/appears to be no one in the classroom.
教室里似乎没有人。
There happened to be no one in the room when I came in.
我进来的时候碰巧房间里没有人。
2)There stand (lie, live, happen)+主语+其他=There be+主语+其他
There is a hole in the wall.
墙上有个洞。
Once there lived a king, who had a beautiful daughter.
从前有个国王,国王有个美丽的女儿。
There happened an accident last night.
昨天夜里出车祸了。
There stands a high building over there.
那边有座高楼。
There lies a railway extending eastward.
有一条铁路向东延伸。
3)地点状语+谓语+主语+其他
On the chair stood a little boy who was singing.
椅子上站着一个小男孩在唱歌。
Under the tree lay a dog which was sleeping.
树下躺着一条狗在睡觉。
2. 不指具体地点和时间的副词在句首时引起倒装:
There (Here, Now, Then) + come/go/be +主语
Here comes the bus!
公共汽车来了。
There goes the bell!
铃响了。
Then came a knock at the door!
紧接着传来了敲门声。
There suddenly rushed into the room a group of small children.
突然闯进房间来一群小孩子。
When, at last, she stopped, there followed the strangest silence.
最后她终于停下来时,紧随其后的是一片奇怪的寂静。
注意:
1)这里there, then等不指具体地点和时间。
2)谓语动词常是be, go, come, run等不及物动词。
3)主语的数决定谓语动词的数;在两个或两个以上的主语并列存在时,谓语动词的数应与其最近的主语保持一致,详见“主谓一致”。
There comes a boy and two girls.
一个男孩和两个女孩来了。
4) 主语是人称代词时,主谓不倒装。
Here he comes!
他来了。
Here you are!
给你。
专项练习
1. There _______ a bed, a desk, and two chairs in his room.
A. is
B. are
C. were
D. be
2. _______ when everyone has to think for himself.
A. There comes a time
B. There goes a time
C. Here comes a time
D. A time comes here
3. There before her, filling every corner of the huge room, _______ furniture of all shapes, sizes and uses.
A. there was
B. are
C. was
D. there were
4. —Look, here _______.
—Oh, here _______
A. comes the bus; comes it
B. the bus comes; it comes
C. comes the bus; it comes
D. the bus comes; comes it
5. _______ the last flight. You have to stay here for another night.
A. There comes
B. Here was
C. There goes
D. Here we had
6. Then _______ we had been looking forward to.
A. came the hour
B. the hour came
C. comes the hour
D. the hour is coming
7. From the top of the hill _______ the whole city and its surroundings.
A. where could be seen
B. could be seen
C. from which could see
D. could see
答案速查 1-5 AACCC 6—7 AB