need作情态动词时,它具备情态动词的所有特点:没有人称和数的变化,后面直接加动词原形,后面直接加not构成否定,提前构成疑问句。如:He need read more books. He needn't finish it today. Need he do it?
need作实义动词时,它具备实义动词的所有特点:有人称和数的变化,借助于助动词dot构成否定,疑问句。如:He needs to read more books. He doesn't need to finish it today. Does he need to do it?
另外,need作实义动词时,可以构成词组: need sth need to do sth need sb to do sth
need做情态动词时,后面直接接动词原形eg:need not/do sth
need做实意动词,need to do sth