5)few,little;a few,a little的用法:

①few和little表示没有多少,含否定意义;而a few与a little表示有一些,有几个,含肯定意义。另外,few与a few修饰可数名词,little,a little修饰不可数名词。它们在句中常用作定语、主语和宾语。例如:He knows a little English.(定语) He has many books.But few are interesting.(主语) I know a little about Japanese.(宾语)

②a few,a little可以用quite或only修饰,few和little则不能。例如:

—How much water is left.—Only a little./Qutie a little.

—How many books are left.—Only a few./Quite a few.

6)other和another的用法:

other泛指“另外的”,作定语,常与复数名词或不可数名词连用,但如果前面有the,this,that, some,any,each, every,no,none,one,or以及形容词性物主代词时,则可与单数名词连用。例如:all other rice,no other way,the other one,any other plant,every other day,some other reason,等等。

others是other的复数形式,泛指“别的人或物”(但不是全部)。例如:Don’t lend the book to others. Some are carrying water,others are watering the trees.

the other指“两者中的另一个”,常与one连用,作定语修饰复数名词时,表示另一方中的“全部其余的”。例如:He held a book in one hand and his notes in the other.

the others是the other的复数形式,特指“全部其余的人或物”。例如:I have got ten pencils.Two of them are red,the others are blue.

another指三个或三个以上中的“任何一个”、“再一……”、“另一个”,作代词或形容词。例如:I don’t like this dictionary.Please give me anoth-er.

one...the other指两个人或物当中的“一个”和“另外一个”;叙述三个不同的人或事物时,需用one,another,the third。例如:Here are two books.One is for Mary,the other is for Jack. Three boys are here.One is Dick,another is Tom and the third is David.

7)all和both的用法:

这两个词都表示整体,但both指两个人或物,而all指三个或三个以上的人或物。在句中都可作主语、宾语、表语、同位语和定语。例如:All of us should work hard.(主语) We are all students.(同位语) We both like to play football.(同位语) We like both of the films.(宾语) That’s all for today.(表语) All knowledge comes from practice.(定语)

注意:①all表示不可数名词时,其谓语动词用单数。

②both和all加否定词是部分否定。如果表示全部否定,要分别用neither和none。例如:Both of us are not teachers.(部分否定)我们俩不都是老师。

Neither of us is a teacher.(全部否定)我们俩都不是老师。

All of the books are not English books.(部分否定)这些书不都是英语书。

None of the books are English books.(全部否定)这些都不是英语书。

8)neither和either的用法:

neither表示两者都不;either表示两者中的任何一个。两个词都表示单数,在句子中可作主语、宾语和定语。例如:Neither of the answers is correct.(主语) Either sentence is right.(定语) I know neither of the teachers.(宾语) Here are two dictionaries.You may take either.(宾语)