NMET English Grammar: A Conjunctive Verb for "Change"

NMET English Grammar: Usage of Connective Verbs for "Change"

In English, the connecting verbs that express "change" mainly include becoming, coming, going, getting, growing, turning and so on. Please pay attention to the following points when using:

First of all, the usage of becoming and getting.

Mainly refers to a person's temporary physical and mental changes or permanent natural changes. For example:

Hearing this, the boss got angry. Hearing this, the boss got angry.

The traveler became thirsty. The travelers are thirsty.

Before long, this man became famous. Soon the man became famous.

If you eat such food, you will get fat. If you eat such food, you will get fat.

In addition, there are illness, old age, health, death, strength and so on. ).

In addition, become and get can also be used to refer to weather changes and social trends. For example:

It's getting cold (dark and cloudy). It's getting cold (dark and cloudy).

Divorce is becoming more and more common. Divorce is becoming more and more common.

The design of this kind of residential building is becoming more and more popular. The design of this kind of residential building has gradually become popular.

Second, the usage of go and come.

Both can indicate change, but the former mainly refers to the change from strong to weak or from good to bad (can be used for people or things), while the latter mainly points to good change. For example:

Baldness (deafness, madness, etc.) is baldness, deafness, madness, etc.

This meat has gone bad. The meat has gone bad.

The radio is broken. There is something wrong with this radio.

Her wish has come true. Her wish has come true.

Everything was filmed. Everything goes well.

In addition, go can also be used to change the color of people or things, which is the same as turn. For example:

She turned blue with cold. She turned blue with cold.

The rotten meat turned green. The rotten meat turned green.

Description:

General 1. Go is not used with old, tired, sick, etc. In this case, other connecting verbs should be used. For example:

Get old, get old, get sick, get sick.

Feel sick and tired

2.go followed by an adjective usually indicates the result (see the above example), but it can also indicate the state in individual collocation. For example:

Hunger is hunger, and nakedness is nakedness.

3. In addition to being better, come also has the following notable collocations. For example:

Loosen, loosen, loosen, loosen, loosen.

Third, the usage of grow.

Grow mainly means gradual change, emphasizing the process of change. For example:

It's getting dark

Bob is getting old. Bob is getting old.

The sea is getting calmer and calmer. The sea became calm.

The pollution problem is becoming more and more serious. The pollution problem is becoming more and more serious.

Fourth, about the structure.

The conjunctional verbs mentioned above usually take adjectives as predicates, but some can adopt other structures, such as come, get, grow followed by infinitive, become, turn followed by nouns, go, get, grow followed by prepositional phrases. For example:

You will like her soon. You will like her soon.

Soon I began to like him. I began to like him soon.

This is becoming a serious problem. This is becoming a serious problem.

This little plant grows into a tree. The seedling grows into a tree.

They were out of date years ago ... many years ago, they became new from time to time.

Note: when turn is followed by a noun, it often indicates unexpected changes, and the noun is usually preceded by a zero article. For example:

After graduating from medical school, he became a writer. He became a writer after graduating from medical school. He became a writer after graduating from college. )