比如說什么時(shí)候用start to do sth什么時(shí)候用start doing sth期終考試~~~~啊~~看來今天是來不像start,begin,continue,cease這樣一些表示開始,繼續(xù)和結(jié)束意義的動(dòng)詞,既可以接to do ,也可以接V-doing,大體上說,意義沒有明顯的差別.但在某些有限的情況下,start todosth 意思是指“開始去做某事”,有“潛在的可能”；start doing sth 意思是指“開始做某事”,有“實(shí)際進(jìn)行”的意思.當(dāng)涉及到多次活動(dòng)時(shí)使用start doing更為恰當(dāng).
1) 談及一項(xiàng)長期活動(dòng)或開始一種習(xí)慣時(shí),使用doing.
How old were you when you first started playing the piano?
你幾歲時(shí)開始彈鋼琴?
2) begin, start用進(jìn)行時(shí)時(shí),后面動(dòng)詞用不定式to do
I was beginning to get angry.
我開始生起氣來.
3) 在attempt, intend, begin, start 后接know, understand, realize這類動(dòng)詞時(shí),常用不定式to do.
I begin to understand the truth.
我開始明白真相.
4) 物作主語時(shí)
It began to melt.