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形容词和副词的比较级和最高级
一、形容词比较级和最高级的构成
构成方式
例词
规则变化
一般在词尾加-er, -est;
small→smaller:→smallest学科网]
high→higher→highest
以不发音的字母e结尾的词,加-r, -st;
large→larger→largest
nice→nicer→nicest
辅元辅结尾的重读闭音节词,双写词尾的辅音字母,再加-er,-est;
big→bigger→biggest
hot→hotter→hottest
wet→wetter→wettest
thin→thinner→thinnest
以"辅音字母+y"结尾的词,变y为i,再加-er,-est;
ugly→uglier→ugliest
busy→busier→busiest
其他双音节词和多音节词及分词形容词,在词前加more,most;
important→more important
→most important
quickly →more quickly
→most quickly
不规则变化
bad/ill→worse→worst good/well→better→best
much/many→more→most little→less→least
far→farther/further→farthest/furthest old→older/elder→oldest /eldest
older 一般指年龄大小; My father is older than my mother.
elder指长幼关系(一般修饰名词作定语); My elder brother is a driver.
farther指距离更远. jump farther
further指抽象的. I want to study English further.
further reading/ information/ study
【重点提醒】
英语中有些形容词说明形状,材质等,还有些形容词没有程度可分或本身就表示某种程度,这些形容词没有比较级和最高级,常见的有:
right(正确的) wrong excellent final last possible first
east empty wooden favourite golden square
二、形容词比较等级的句式结构和用法
1. 原级的用法
1) as+形容词/副词原级+as,表示双方在程度、特征方面相等。
The story is as interesting as that one.
Alex believes he will soon be able to play chess as ______ as the computer.
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
—Please come home as _______as you can.
—OK, I will.
A. early B. earlier C. quick D. quicker
2)not+as/so+形容词/副词原级+as,…不如…
Though they’re twins, Lucy is not as( so) outgoing as lily.
The weather in Beijing is not as( so) hot as that in Wuhan.
3)as+形容词.+n+as
We have produced as many cars as we did last year.
She is as good a cook as her mother.(=She is a cook as good as her mother.)
4)修饰as…as结构的常见词语有nearly, almost, just, exactly, half, quite, twice, three times等,修饰语都只能放在第一个as之前(而不能置于其中或其后。)
I earn half as much as you do.
This rope is twice as long as