英语中表语是:是一个语法名词,指说明主语的身份、性质、品性、特征和状态的词或从句,表语常由名词、形容词、副词、介词短语、动名词、不定式、从句来充当。
它常位于系动词(be, become, appear, seem,look,sound,feel,get,smell等词)之后。如果句子的表语也是由一个句子充当的,那么这个充当表语的句子就叫做表语从句。
下面用七个例句做进一步的说明:
1.I am fine. (fine是形容词,作表语)
2.He is a boy. (boy是名词,作表语)
3.Five plus two is seven.(seven是数词,作表语)
4.We are here. (here是副词,作表语)
5.He is not at home. (at home是介词短语,作表语)
6.My hobby is reading. (reading是动名词,作表语)
7.Our duty is to make our environment better.(to make是不定式,作表语)