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begin/beginner/beginning

What do they mean?

begin開始verb（過去式began，過去分詞begun）

用作及物動詞時，begin表示“着手採取行動的第一步”；用作不及物動詞時，它表示“最初部份的出現”。

• Read the test paper carefully before you begin writing.

開始作答前要仔細閱讀試卷。

• The concert begins at half past seven.

音樂會七點半開始。

beginner初學者noun

beginner指“剛開始做某事或學某種技能的人”。

• The beginners' class is on Mondays.

初學者逢週一上課。

• Be patient with Tom – he's just a beginner.

對湯姆要有耐心—他才剛開始學習。

beginning開始noun；剛開始的adjective

用作名詞時，beginning指“某物剛開始的部份”；用作形容詞時，可描述“事物的最初部份”。

• Go back to the beginning and start again.

回到起點，重新開始。

• One of the monks says a short prayer at the beginning of the meal.

每次都有一個修士在吃飯之前做簡短禱告。

• The beginning section of the film was rather boring.

電影的開場頗沉悶。

• I noticed several spelling mistakes in the beginning pages of the book.

我在書開首幾頁發現了好幾處拼寫錯誤。

Fill in the blanks.

1　Mary was_______to feel seasick.

2　It_______to rain as we were walking home.

3　I shall_______by mixing the flour and water together.

4　Joe was showing a_______how to hold the cricket bat.

5　The holiday had_______badly and it did not get any better.