[初三] 辨析 instead，instead of

instead是副词，意为“代替”，一般要放在谓语或宾语之后，含有“取而代之”的意思。而instead of是成语介词，后接名词、代词或相当于名词的词语，意为“代替……”、“而不是……”。试比较：

I'll clean the classroom instead of you．我将替你打扫教室。

She went swimming instead of playing basketball．

＝She didn't play basketball．She went swimming instead．她去游泳了，而没有打篮球。