[语法初识]

原句感知 自主探究 ①I thought this vast wave of food was the total number of dishes to be served.

②Everyone else just tasted a bit of each dish and then put their chopsticks down, continuing to chat.

③I still remember what I ate: a tuna fish and cheese sandwich.

④Do you know the girl singing over there?

⑤He is always the first person to leave the office.

⑥One evening he was entertaining the ruler of a small island in the Pacific.

⑦However, there are other kinds of foods that have taken longer for me to accept.

⑧But one thing I do admire is the polite manner in which British people eat, even if it is just a potato.

⑨As we all know, Putin was elected President of Russia a third time.

⑩The sun heats the earth, which is very important to us. (1)句①～⑥中黑体部分在句中均作定语。句①③中黑体部分在句中均作前置定语。句②、④、⑤、⑥中黑体部分在句中均作后置定语。

(2)句⑦～⑩中，黑体部分均为定语从句；其中句⑨⑩的黑体部分为非限制性定语从句。 　　

　　[语法剖析]

语法点一 定　语 　　1.定义

　　定语是用来修饰名词或代词的词。可用作定语的词有：形容词、名词、代词、数词、介词短语、从句以及非谓语动词等。

(1)名词作定语修饰另一名词时，一般用单数形式；man和woman作定语时，可以用