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Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Section A Grammar Focus
Grammar Focus
4a
Read the sentences. Circle the adjective which compare
things. Underline the adverbs which compare actions.
What is the biggest desert in the world? It is the Sahara Desert.
How big is it? It is about 9,000,000 square kilometres in size.
Where is the deepest point in the ocean? It is in the Mariana Trench.
How deep is it? It is about 11,000 metres deep.
Some deep-sea animals are blind, but they can “see” as well as others.
Mount Qomolangma is one of the greatest wonders of the world, and it is still growing taller.
The Yangtze River travels the farthest in China and is about 6,300 kilometres long.
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④重读闭音节(末尾只有一个辅音字母)
双写辅音字母再加 -er或 -est
⑤部分双音节词和多音节词
分别在原级前加more构成比较级和most构成最高级
big—_______—_______
slowly—___________—___________
beautiful—______________—______________
bigger
biggest
more slowly
most slowly
more beautiful
most beautiful
形容词副词比较等级的构成
规则变化
The superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs.
fast
short
high
light
tall
slow
直接加- est
heavy easy
happy hungry early
funny
把y 变 i 再加- est
规则变化
A
B
large
late
nice
加- st
biggest
thinnest
hottest
wettest
fattest
big
thin
hot
wet
fat
“双写”
最后一个辅音字母再加-est
C
D
useful
interesting
beautiful
good / well
bad / badly
many / much
little
far
在词前加
the most-
best
worst
most
least
farthest / furthest
不规则变化
E
F
、
①直接加 -er 或 -est
tall—_____—______ long—______—______
②以不发音的字母e结尾的单词直接加 -r 或 -st
③以“辅音字母+y” 结尾,把y变为i,再加 -er 或- est
nice—______—______
heavy—________—________
taller
tallest
longer
longest
nicer
nicest
heavier
heaviest
规则变化
形容词副词比较等级的构成
、
原级 比较级 最高级
good / well better best
bad worse worst
many/much more most
little less least
old older/elder oldest / eldest
far farther (更远)/
further (进一步的) farthest /
furthest
不规则变化
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1. 同级比较
基本结构as ... as ... 意为“和……一样”。
① Peter is as tall as Tom.
一、形容词和副词的原级
彼得和汤姆一样高。
他和他姐姐/妹妹一样努力工作。
② He works as hard as his sister.
具体用法
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比较级用于两者(人或物)之间,表示“其中一个比另
一个更……”或“较……”,基本结构:比较级+ than。
① China is much older than the United States.
中国比美国古老得多。
我们必须比从前更谨慎地工作。
② We must work much more carefully than we did
before.
强调比较级的比较程度或语气时,形容词比较级前面可以由much, even, far, a little, a bit, a lot等来修饰。
二、形容词和副词的比较级
特殊的形容词比较级
有些形容词有两种不同的比较级和最高级,且代表含义稍有不同:
比较级 最高级
old 老,旧
older 更老的;更旧的
elder 较年长的;较资深的
oldest
eldest
far 远
farther 更远的
further 更进一步的
farthest
furthest
late 迟;晚
later 较晚的
latter 后者的
latest
last
3.形容词比较级的基本句型
1
原级比较
Snoopy is as tall as his father.
史努比跟他爸爸一样高。
This book is not as interesting as that one.这本书没有那本有趣。
形容词原级
形容词原级
主格A+be动词+as+形容词原级+as+主格B
这个句型是用来表示“A与B一样……”。在be动词后加not即成否定句,表示“A不如B那么……”。(两人或两物作比较时,两者皆须用主格。)
总结:主格A+be动词+as+形容词原级+as+主格B
as…as和…一样…
3.形容词比较级的基本句型
2
比较级比较
Rock music is noisier than light music.
摇滚乐比轻音乐要吵。
形容词比较级
Lucy is not younger than Marcie.
露西并不比玛茜年轻。
形容词比较级
总结:主格A+be动词+形容词比较级+than+主格B
than 比
主格A+be动词+形容词比较级+than+主格B
这个句型是用来表示“A比B更……”。在be动词后面加not即成否定句,表示“A不比B更……”。
注意
①and 只在百位和十位之间。
②十位和个位之间要有连字符。
③逗号之间并列写即可,无 and 和连字符。
④hundred、thousand、million、billion前面有具体的数字时,用单数;后面有of时,用复数。
大数字
1.大数字的读法
大数字
2.含小数点的数字读法
(1)小数点读 point;
(2)小数点右面的小数部分按照个位基数词依次读出;
(3)小数点后面遇到 0时,可读 zero,可读字母 O。
2,506,981,765.34 读作:two billion, five hundred and six
million, nine hundred and eighty-one thousand, seven hundred
and sixty-five point three four
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Part Two
副词的比较级与最高级
较大数字的表达与读法
1. 从数字的右端向左数,每三位数加一个逗号。
2. 从右向左,第一个逗号处读thousand(千),第二个逗
号处读million(百万),第三个逗号处读billion(十亿)。
3. 读的时候通常在hundred后加and,如果百位数为0,
则在thousand后加and。
大于一千的基数词的表达法
4.英语中没有直接表示“万”和“亿”的单位词,而要用thousand 和million来表达,如“一万”用“ten thousand”、“一亿”用“one hundred million”。
2,674→two thousand six hundred and seventy-four
164,213,430→ one hundred and sixty-four million, two hundred and thirteen thousand, four hundred and thirty
18,357,089→ eighteen million, three hundred and fifty-seven thousand, and eighty-nine
5,204,000,000→five billion two hundred and four million
4b
Write or spell out the numbers.
1.Mount Kilimanjaro is __________ (five thousand, eight hundred and
ninety-five) metres high.
2. __________ (twenty-five thousand, seven hundred and sixty-eight) cubic
metres of water pours down Inga Falls each second.
3.The East African Rift Valley is about 4,000 (_____________) miles long.
4.The Taklimakan Desert has a total area of about 337,000
(_________________________________) square kilometres.
5,895
25,7683
four thousand
three hundred and thirty-seven thousand
4c
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. One word is used more than once.
My friends and I visited Victoria Falls in Africa last year. Visiting one of the world’s ________ waterfalls was a magical experience. As we went ________ to the falls, the noise of the water slowly grew ________ and ________. Then, right before our eyes, the waterfall appeared. It went on for as ________ as the eye could see. Later, we sat in a special pool at the top of the falls. There, we felt the water rush past us and become a part of the waterfall. It was the ________ but also the ____________ experience of our trip!
largest
closer
large scary amazing far close loud
louder
louder
far
scariest
most amazing
1.什么是副词比较级与最高级?
用来修饰动词的情态动词与形容词一样,都有“原级”“比较级”及“最高级”之分,可以用来描述动作进行状态的程度。
fast
faster
fastest
2.副词比较级与最高级的变化方式
副词的变化方式,可分为规则变化与不规则变化两种:
1.规则变化
单音节副词比较级在原级词尾加er,最高级在词尾加est
fast
faster
fastest
hard
harder
hardest
4d
Write some questions to compare places. Then ask a partner your questions.
·What is the highest ...?
·Which park is bigger, ... or ...?
·...
cubic、mile、pool
词汇
形容词和副词
的比较等级
语法
形容词和副词的比较级、最高级的构成
形容词和副词比较等级的用法
·规则变化
·不规则变化
·原级
·比较级
·最高级
比较结构的同义转换
一、用所给词的适当形式填空。(11分)
1. The city has the second (large)population in the country.
2. [天津中考改编] Lingling is one of the ___________ (helpful) students in my class. She is always ready to offer help.
largest
most helpful
3.[郑州模拟改编] Young people add some bright lights and loud music to make the dance show much _________ (exciting).
4. The weather today is hot, but tomorrow will be even
(hot).
5. Cindy is as (outgoing) as her mother.They both enjoy talking with others.
more exciting
hotter
outgoing
1.( )—Can you teach me how to improve spoken English?
—The more you practice, ____ it becomes.
A. the worse B. the worst
C. the better D. the best
C
二、选择题
12.( )Look! There is a small ____ in the park. Some ducks and fish are swimming in it.
A. hill B. road C. pool D. sea
C
13.( )[天津中考]Lingling is one of ____ students in my class. She is always ready to offer help.
A. helpful B. more helpful
C. less helpful D. the most helpful
D
14.( )Among all the students in our class, Lily runs ____, and Lucy runs ____ than most of us.
A. faster; fastest B. fastest; faster
C. the faster; the fastest
D. the fastest; the faster
B
Look at the table below and make sentences by using comparatives and superlatives. (5 sentences at least)
The Nile The Amazon River the Yangtze River the Yellow River
6,671 km 6,440 km 6,300 km 5,464 km
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