表語的考查多側重于分詞做表語形式的選擇，很少有動名詞的用法的考查，雖然選項中有不定式作為干擾項，只要能看出是做表語的也就不用考慮。如：

　　① The house was very quiet, ____ as it was on the side of the

　　mountain.(1999.6)

　　A. isolated B. isolating

　　C. being isolated D. having been isolated

　　② These surveys indicate that many crimes go _____ by the police,mainly becausenot all victims report them.(2000.6)

　　A. unrecorded B. to be unrecorded

　　C. unrecording D. to have been unrecorded

　　分詞做表語可以做系動詞be的表語，也可以做其它系動詞的表語，如go, feel,seem, look, remain等等。這些系動詞后非謂語動詞的餓用法規則是相同的。

　　7) to作為介詞與作為不定式符號的選擇

　　to可以是介詞，也可以用來引導不定式，四級考試中對種類用法的考查也比較多。如：

　　① I have no objection _______ your story again.(2000.6)

　　A. to hear B. to hearing

　　C. to having heard D. to have heard

　　② The traditional approach ____ with complex problems is to break down intosmaller, more easily managed problems.(1996.6)

　　A. to dealing B. in dealing C. dealing D. to deal

　　③ The man in the corner confessed to _____ a lie to the manager

　　of the company.(1997.6)

　　A. have told B. be told C. being told D. having told

　　這類考題的考查方式有兩種，一是四個選項中有兩個相對的選項to do something 和 to doing something，這時考查的自然是to的性質;另一種是to在題干中，如③。

　　8) 分詞前連詞的使用

　　分詞前連詞的使用是為了使分詞的作用更加明了，使考生更加準確地理解試題。考查有兩種情況

　　(1)根據連詞選擇適當的分詞形式

　　Michael used to look hurt and surprised when ______.(1995.1)

　　A. scolding B. to scold C. having scolded D. scolded

　　when的使用說明非謂語動詞做時間狀語，答案不可能是B，從scold與句子主語間的邏輯關系來看，應該是動賓關系，答案應該是D。

　　(2)根據狀語的功能選擇不同的連詞

　　Careful surveys have indicated that as many as 50 percent of

　　patient do not take drugs ___ directed.(1996.1)

　　A. like B. so C. which D. as

　　由上下文的意思可以看出，分詞所做的是方式狀語，連詞應該是as。