插入语六大用法小结

插入语六大用法小结

在英语学习中，插入语是一个比较重要的知识点。由于插入语是一种独立成分，通常与句中其他成分没有语法上的关系，许多同学在学习过程中会有一定的困难。其实，插入语大都是对一句话进行附加说明或解释，通常由一个词、一个短语或一个句子构成，常置于句首、句中或句末，一般用逗号或破折号与句子隔开。下面举例归纳插入语的几种用法。

例1 _____the more expensive the camera，the better its quality.

speaking general

speaking generally

解析：本题答案为speaking为分词短语，意思是“一般来说”，在句中用作插入语。

小结：许多分词短语可以用作插入语，这样的分词短语有：strictly speaking，generally considering，judging from……等。

例2 Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. ____，neither of them could swim.

fact

解析：本题答案为为副词，意思是“令人遗憾地，不巧，可惜”，在句中用作插入语。

小结：常用作插入语的副词或副词短语有：indeed，surely，however，frankly，obviously，naturally，luckily for sb.，fortunately，strangely，briefly等。

例3 Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard，_____，you failed.

the end all

other words the same time

解析：本题答案为other words为介词短语，意思是“换句话说”，在句中用作插入语。

小结：常用作插入语的介词短语有：in conclusion，in a word，in short，in general，in a sense，in my view，in his opinion，in fact，at first，in addition，of course，to my surprise，to her regret，for example等。

例4 It is so nice to hear from her._____，we last met more than thirty years ago.

‘s more is to say

other words it or not

解析：本题答案为it or not为一分句，意思是“信不信由你”，在句中作插入语。

小结：用简短的句子结构作插入语，它们常置于句中或

句末。这类简短的句子有：I am sure，I believe，do you know，you see，I’m afraid，it is said，I suppose，what’s more，what’s worse，that is，what is important等。

例5 _____ with you，I have no money to spare.

be frank ’s more

addition

解析：本题答案为be frank为不定式短语，意思是“坦率地说”，在句中用作插入语。

小结：常用作插入语的不定式短语有：to be sure，to sum up，to tell the truth等。

例6 _____，he should have done such a thing.

general to say

course

解析：本题答案为to say为形容词短语，意思是“说也奇怪”，在句中用作插入语。

小结：常用作插入语的形容词或其短语有：true，funny，needless to say，most important of all，worse still，even better 等。

1._____，he often forgot to turn off the lights.

better

，_____ island in the world，covers over two million square kilometers.

is the largest is the largest

the largest largest

awful accident_____，however，occur the other day.

to to

Jane walked away from the discussion. Otherwise，she ____ something she would regret later.

said say have said

has brains. In fact，I doubt whether anyone in the class has ____IQ.

high higher higher highest

was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others，_____，of course，made the others envy him.

7._____ the general state of his health，it may take him a while to recover from the operation.

give given

8._____，success results from hard work.

still enough

sum up ’s worse

I know，there is _____ car in this neighborhood.

such a such such a

made another wonderful discovery，_____ of great