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形容词和副词的最高级
一、含义:表示三者或三者以上的人或物进行比较时,用最高级。
形容词的最高级前面要加定冠词the,副词最高级前面的the可以省略。
二、形容词副词最高级变化规则:
A.规则变化
1.一般单音节词和少数以-er,-ow结尾的双音节词,在后面直接加-est;
tall → tallest clever →cleverest small → smallest
Tom is the tallest in his class.
2.以不发音字母e结尾的单音节词,直接在原级后加-st;
nice-nicest late-latest fine-finest
He is the nicest student in my class.
3.在重读闭音节(即:辅音+元音+辅音)中,先双写末尾的辅音字母再加-est;
thin → thinnest
hot → hottest
fat→ fattest
My father is the fattest in my family.
4.以“辅音字母+y”结尾的双音节词,把y改为i,再加-est;
heavy → heaviest easy→easiest
This box is the heaviest in these boxes.
5.其他双音节词和多音节词,需在词前加上most。
beautiful→ most beautiful
quickly → most quickly
Sara is the most beautiful girl in our class.
B.不规则变化
good → best
bad → worst
far→ farthest
This book is the best one.
注意:
1.形容词、副词的最高级形式主要用来表示三者或三者以上人或事物的比较,表“最……”的意思。一般句子中有表示范围的词或短语。如:of the three, in our class等。
He is the tallest in our class.
2.序数词通常只修饰最高级。
Africa is the second largest continent.
三、形容词的最高级变化规则:
A.规则变化
1.单音节词直接加est。
tall-tallest
long-longest
small-smallest
Tom is the tallest in his class.
Yangtse River is the longest river in China.
2.以e结尾的形容词,只加st构成最高级。
nice-nicest
late-latest
fine-finest
He is the nicest student in my class.
3.以单个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节,要双写这个辅音字母,再加上est
构成最高级。
thin-thinnest
hot-hottest
fat-fattest
My father is the fattest in my family.
4.以辅音字母+y结尾的双音节词,先改y为i再加est
heavy-heaviest
easy-easiest
This box is the heaviest in these boxes.
5.多音节和部分双音节词,需在词的前面加上the most.
beautiful-most beautiful
delicious-most delicious
Sara is the most beautiful girl in our class.
B.不规则变化
good-best
bad-worst
far-farthest
四、副词最高级的变化规则:
A.规则变化
1.一般单音节副词的最高级在后面加est构成
hard-hardest
near-nearest
late-latest
2.多音节副词最高级后面加上most构成
carefully-most carefully
quickly-most quickly
3. early中的ly不是后缀,故early-earliest
B.不规则变化
well-best
little-least
badly-worst
much-most
far-farthest
练习题
一、单选题
1.The Great Wall is the _____ wall in the world. ( )
A.long B.longer C.longest
2.I am ______ person in my family. ( )
A.the busiest B.busier C.busy
3.Sydney is one of the __