1.pretendv.假装;假扮
[教材原句]Ordinary people could pretend to be rich and important,while famous people could have romantic adventures in secret.(P32)普通人可以装扮成阔佬和要人,而名人也可以偷偷地体验浪漫奇遇。
语境巧练
[单句语法填空]
①(2019·天津卷) So I carried around a book,and each night,just to be like her,I would pretend (read).
②I had been lying to myself, (pretend) that everything was fine.
[完成句子]
③那个可怜的父亲假称已经吃过苹果了,但实际上他并没有吃。
The poor father an apple,but in practice he didn’t.
考点必记
pretend to do sth.假装做某事
pretend to be doing sth.假装正在做某事
pretend to have done sth.假装已经做了某事
pretend that...假称……
pretend to be...假称是……
[名师点津]
pretend后需用动词不定式或宾语从句结构,而不可用动词-ing形式,且在其后用动词不定式时,应根据其发生情况而使用不同的形式。
