构词法小知识：—ence（名词）→—ent（形容词）

林倩梅

（2014年全国Ⅰ卷）语法填空：While there are amazing stories of instant transformation， for most of us the changes are gradual and require a lot of effort and work， like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be ___70___ （patience）.

解析：在系動词be后作表语，要用形容词，而括号中所给的patience是名词，故改patience为patient。

（2017年全国Ⅲ卷）短文改错：I enjoyed studying difference kinds of cars and planes， playing pop music， and collecting the latest music albums.

解析：因在名词kinds前作定语要用形容词，而difference是名词，故改difference为different。

以上两题均考查以-ence结尾的名词变为以-ent结尾的形容词。这类名词转化为形容词的考纲词有以下13对：endprint