Pronouns
代名詞是代替名詞的詞。以下是英語中不同類型的代名詞。
主詞代名詞
主詞代名詞代替作為句子主詞的名詞。
He would like to sit down.
They are not happy with their meal.
That building is so big it blocks the sun.
She hadn't thought about how many people would be coming to dinner.
We would like to sit at a window table.
賓語代名詞
賓語代名詞代替作為句子賓語的名詞。
Come with us to the movies.
Take her to the hospital if she is sick
Amelia won't bring it home.
Your friend wants to play with you.
Tell him I said no thank you.
所有格代名詞
所有格代名詞代替名詞作為句子的主詞或受詞。
That bike is not hers.
His one is not the same.
Theirs is the green one.
That’s mine!
The red house is ours.
反身代名詞
當句子的主詞與句子中動詞的受詞相同時，則使用反身代名詞。
She hurt herselfplaying tennis.
They can cook for themselves this weekend
He blamed himself for the accident.
You can show yourself out.
強化代名詞
這些代名詞強調主詞。強化代名詞與反身代名詞不同，因為它可以被刪除而不改變句子的意思。
The President himself ordered them to stop.
The event itself went really well.
The lawyers themselves couldn't even figure it out.
We would love to make all of the arrangements ourselves.
不定代名詞
不定代名詞不指特定的人、數量或事物。它們在句子中的位置與名詞相同。
| Everyone | He told everyone to take out their pens. |
| Everybody | Everybody needs to take a holiday once in a while. |
| Everywhere | They looked everywhere for the lost cat. |
| Everything | I did everything I could but it was no good. |
| 某人 | Is there someone who can help me? |
| Somebody | Somebody. left their bag behind. |
| 某個地方 | Let’s go somewhere fun on the weekend. |
| 某物 | He dropped something on his way out. |
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| Anybody | Does anybody here know first aid? |
| 某人 | Is there someone who can help me? |
| Somebody | Somebody. left their bag behind. |
| 某個地方 | Let’s go somewhere fun on the weekend. |
| 某物 | He dropped something on his way out. |
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| Anybody | Does anybody here know first aid? |
| 任何地方 | Don’t go anywhere, I’ll be right back. |
| 任何事物 | Do you have anything you want to say to me? |
| No one | Sorry, no one here is interested. |
| 皆不 | Nobody wants to eat here, let’s go somewhere else. |
| Nowhere | I have nowhere to go. |
| Nothing | There is nothing to do here, it's so boring. |
問題
當我們使用不定代名詞"every"、"some"和"any"時，就會形成疑問句。這些問題的答案通常是"yes" 或"no"。
Did everyone eat already?
Have you done anything interesting today?
Has he been everywhere he needed to go?
否定疑問句
這些疑問句可以透過使用以下結構來否定。這些疑問句的預期答案為"no"。
Didn’t everyone eat already?
Haven’t you done anything interesting today?
Hasn’t he been everywhere he needed to go?
帶有不定代名詞"some"的問題可以透過以下方式變成否定形式。此類疑問句的預期答案為"yes"。
Aren’t you looking for something like this?
Don’t I know you from somewhere?
Shouldn’t somebody be watching the children?
Wouldn’t someone like to try these cakes?