Question

Please try ________ Granny Ma ________ her house work.

1. A.
   to help, in
2. B.
   helping, on doing
3. C.
   to help, on doing
4. D.
   helping, with

Answer 1

D
本题主要考查动词try和help的用法。
首先try to do something是“设法干某事”，而try doing是“试着做某事”，“试一试”的含义。从该句的意思来判断。我们应排除选项A和C。再从help这个动词来看，表示“帮助某人做某事”的句型应该是help…in doing something或hel…with…，因此，答案只能选择D。此句译为：“请试着帮马奶奶做点家务活。”
下面介绍一下try to do和try doing的例句：
She tried writing down her name.
她试着写下自己的名字。
Try learning to speak English.
试一试，学着讲英语。
I'll try not to make mistakes.
我会设法不犯错误。
He tried hard to be away from his teacher.
他极力避开他的老师。