英语中的虚词(function words)是没有实际意义的词,它们不能独立充当句子成分,但能起到连接、修饰、限定等语法功能。以下是一些常见的英语虚词:
1. 冠词(Determiners):
a, an, the
2. 代词(Pronouns):
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, my, mine, myself, you, your, yours, yourself, he, him, his, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves
who, whom, whose, which, that, this, it, one, some, any, all, each, every, few, many, much, most, other, another, some, any, none, either, neither
3. 介词(Prepositions):
in, on, at, by, for, with, of, to, from, about, after, before, between, among, into, through, during, over, under, upon, etc.
4. 连词(Conjunctions):
and, but, or, nor, so, for, yet, because, although, if, whether, when, while, once, since, until, etc.
5. 情态动词(Modal Verbs):
can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, must, ought to, need, dare, etc.
6. 助动词(Auxiliary Verbs):
be, been, being, am, is, are, was, were, been, being, have, has, had, do, does, did, will, would, shall, should, may, might, can, could, must, ought to, need, dare, etc.
7. 感叹词(Interjections):
oh, ah, wow, yay, hey, etc.
这些虚词在句子中起到连接词与词、词与词组、词组与句子等的作用,是构成句子结构的重要部分。