I have a good friend.　　我有個好朋友。

注意:

a. have是及物動詞, 表示『有』的意思。使用have時,主詞一定是表示『人』或『動物』的名詞或代詞。

例: John has two dogs.

　(約翰有兩條狗。)

　They have many friends.

　(他們有很多朋友。)

b. 在Lesson 1中我們曾提到"There is..." "There are..."亦表示『有』的意思, 但用法與have不同。初學英語的讀者很容易犯下列錯誤:

中文: 房間裡有個男孩。

英文: In the room has a boy. (╳)

理由:

In the room是表示場所的片語, 不能作主詞, 使用時應於句首置There is或There are, 然後置名詞, 再將表示場所的片語置於句尾。

此時就須改為下面的句子結構:

There is a boy in the room. (○)

房間裡有個男孩。

On the desk have three books. (╳)

→There are three books on the desk. (○)

桌上有三本書。

Her name is Tina.　　她叫蒂娜。

上句中的Her是代名詞所有格, 作『她的』解。使用時可將her視為形容詞, 之後接名詞。

例:Mary is my classmate. Her English is very good.

(瑪麗是我同班同學。她的英文很棒。)

我們可從下列表格及例句了解這些代名詞所有格的種類及用法:

例: That is my book.

　(那是我的書。)

　Their teacher is strict.

　(他們的老師很嚴。)

　John and his younger sister love their father.

　(約翰和他妹妹很愛他們的爸爸。)

　My dog wags its tail when it sees me.

　(我的小狗見到我時都會搖尾巴。)

= Tony has a dog, too.

also與too均為副詞, 表示『也』的意思。但使用時, too置於句尾, 其前要有逗點。而also則置於一般動詞前; 若與be動詞或助動詞並用時, 則also應置於該be動詞或助動詞之後。

例:一般動詞:He likes music. I also like it.

        = He likes music. I like it, too.

             (他喜歡音樂。我也喜歡。)

　be動詞:He is a student. I am also a student.

              = He is a student. I am, too.

                   (他是學生。我也是。)

　助動詞:He can sing. I can also sing.

              = He can sing. I can, too.

                   (他會唱歌。我也會。)