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die是瞬间动词，所以可以只用一般过去时表示：He died for three years.

瞬间动词又称非延续性动词，可以有现在完成时态，但不可以接一段时间. 若要接一段时间，需要做一些相应的变换。瞬间动词在完成时态中的否定式可以接一段时间.  
如：I haven’t bought anything for two months.  
常用瞬间动词有：  1, come, go, get to, reach, arrive, leave, see, hear 2. buy, sell, open, close, get up  3. join, take part in, begin, start, return, give, borrow, lend  4, become, turn, bring, take, die, finish, end, receive, hear from, marry,
1)      瞬间动词不用于进行时态,若是进行时态形式表示将来时态的意思.  The spaceship is returning to the earth. I’m leaving for Hangzhou.
2)      瞬间动词不能与HOW LONG引导的疑问句连用.  Wrong: How long have you left school? How long is it since you left school? How long ago did you leave school? How long have you been away from school?  
3)      瞬间动词不能与FOR引导的表示一段的时间状语连用.  Wrong:  He has bought the computer for two months. He has had the computer for two months. He bought the computer two months ago.  It is (has been) two months since he bought the computer. Two months have passed since he bought the computer.
4)     瞬间动词与UNTIL引导的时间状语(或从句)连用时,只能用否定形式.  I didn’t know it until yesterday. He didn’t return until midnight. Don’t get off the bus until it has stopped.
瞬间动词的替代办法
a) 用延续性动词代替终止性动词   1、用have代替buy   My brother has had(不能用has bought) this bike for almost four years.  2、用keep或have代替borrow   I have kept(不能用have borrowed) the book for quite a few days.  3、用be替代become   How long has your sister been a teacher?   4、用have a cold代替catch a cold   Tom has had a cold since the day before yesterday.  5、用wear代替put on    
b) 用“be＋形容词”代终止性动词   1、be＋married代marry  2、be＋ill代fall (get) ill  3、be＋dead代die   4、be＋asleep代fall (get) asleep  5、be＋awake代wake/wake up  6、be＋gone代lose, die, sell, leave  7、be＋open代open   8、be closed代close/shut   9、be＋missing(gone, lost)代lose  
c) 用“be＋副词”代终止性动词   1“be＋on”代start, begin  2“be＋up”代get up   3“be＋back(to)”代return to, come back to, go back to   4“be here (there)”代come(arrive, reach, get) here或go (arrive, reach, get) there等   d)用“be＋介词短语”代终止性动词   1.“be in/at +地点”代替go to /come to  2. 用be in the army 代替join the army  3.“be in/at +地点”代替move to


延续性动词与非延续性动词及其转换
动词按其动作发生的方式、发生过程的长短可分为延续性动词与非延续性动词。            一.延续性动词表示能够延续的动作,如：learn, work, stand, lie, know, walk, keep, have,        wait, watch, sing, read, sleep, live, stay等。延续性动词可以与表示时间段的状语连用。           表示时间段的短语有:for+一段时间,for 2 years; since从句,since he came here;        
since+时间点名词,since last year, since 5 days ago; how long; for a long time等。           例:He has lived here for 6 years.  You can keep the book for 5 days.
I stayed there for 2 weeks last year.  How long did you stay there last  year?            
二.非延续性动词也称终止性动词、瞬间动词,表示不能延续的动作,这种动作发生后立即结束。 如:open, die, close, begin,         finish, come, go, move, borrow, lend, buy等。        
非延续性动词在肯定句中与表示时间点的状语连用，
如：two years ago; at 5 o'clock;      
例:He died 5 years ago.          
否定的终止性动词可以与表示时间段的时间状语连用。
例:I haven't left here for 3 years. I haven't        heard from him for 3 weeks.        
三.延续性动词与非延续性动词之间的转换：
leave --- be away, borrow --- keep, buy --- have, begin/start --- be on,   die --- be dead,  finish --- be over,  join --- be in+组织机构, be a member of+组织机构,  open sth --- keep sth open,  fall ill ---  be ill,  get up---be up,   catch a cold --- have a cold,  come here--- be here, go there --- be there,   become --- be,   come back --- be  back,  fall asleep --- be asleep,  get to/ arrive/reach --- be (in), leave --- be away from,  get to know --- know, go (get) out →be out，  put on→ wear；catch a cold →have a cold等。  
例:The old man died 4 years ago. ----The old man has been dead for 4 years. ---- It is 4 years since the old man died.  ----Four years has passed since the old man died. He joined the Party 2 years ago.   -----He has been in the Party for 2 years. I bought the book 5 days ago.  ---- I have had the book for 5 days.

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