2. 多音节词和部分双音节词在其前面加more或 most。如: 原级 比较级 最高级 useful more useful most useful difficult more difficult most difficult delicious more delicious most delicious
【重点】
3.有几个形容词的比较级和最高级属于不规则变化:
原级
比较级
最高级
good / well
better
best
bad / ill
worse
worst
many / much
more
most
little
less
least
old
older(新旧或年龄)/elder(兄弟姐妹的长幼关系)
oldest/ eldest
far
farther(表示距离,译为“更远”)/ further(表示程度,译为“进一步的”)
farthest/ furthest
(二) 形容词比较级的用法 1.形容词的比较级可以单独使用:
Be more careful next time. 下次小心点。 Which book is better? 哪本书更好?
2.也可以和than连用,表示两者相比,than后可以跟: a. 名词或代词: He is older than me / I . 他年龄比我大。 b. 动名词:Skiing is more exciting than skating. 滑雪比滑冰更刺激。 c. 从句: I was a better singer than he was. 我唱歌比他好。
(三) 形容词比较级的修饰语
修饰形容词,副词比较级的常用修饰词有:no, a little, a bit, much, even, still, a lot, a great deal, far, by far, rather, any等.
1)只用于修饰比较级的: much;still;even
2)既可以修饰比较级又可以修饰原级的:a little; a bit; rather 等 。
3)在这些词中,其中no在修饰比较级时,在意义上否定两者,表示前者在某方面不比后者强多少.
He is no richer than Peter. 他不比彼得富裕多少.=He is as poor as Peter.
他和彼得一样穷.表示前者比后者强一点时,通常采用a little,a bit等.
The room is a bit larger than that one.这个房间比那个稍大一点.
3)If there were no examinations, we should have ___ at school.
A. the happiest time B. a more happier time
C. much happiest time D. a much happier time
答案:D。
4)Your house is ______ bigger than ours.
A. Two time B. Second time C. Two times D.Second times
答案:D。
【难点】
(四)形容词比较级的特殊用法 1.和more有关的词组 :
1) the more…the more… 越……就越……。例如: The harder you work,the greater progress you'll make. 越努力,进步越大。
2) no more than 与…一样。例如: The officials could see no more than the Emperor.
官员们看到的和皇帝一样多。
3)more than 超过,不只是。例如: There are more than two thousand people in the hall. 2.和less有关的词组 1) less than 不到… 不太: It was ready in less than a week. 2) no less than 多达 不少于 No less than 2 million people came. 至少来了2百万人。 3) more or less 基本上 大体上 大约 The work is more or less finished. 这项工作基本上完成了。 3.还有as + 形容词或副词原级 + as 1) A be as...as B和...一样
2) A be not …so/as…as B。A和B不一样,A比不上B He cannot run so/as fast as you. 他没你跑得快。 3) 当as… as 中间有名词时采用以下格式:
①as +形容词+ a +单数名词/;
This is as good an example as the other is. 这个例子和另外一个一样好。
②as + manymuch +可数名词/不可数名词。 I can carry as much paper as you can. 你能搬多少纸,我也能。 3) 表示倍数的词或其他程度副词做修饰语时,放在as的前面。例如: This room is twice as big as that one.
=This room is two time big as that one.
=This room is two times bigger than that one. 这房间的面积是那间的两倍。 Your room is the same size as mine. 你的房间和我的一样大。
(五) 形容词最高级用法 1.the + 最高级 + 比较范围 1)形容词最高级前通常必须用定冠词 the,例如: The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. 撒哈拉沙漠是世界上最大的沙漠。 [说明] 形容词most前面没有the,不表示最高级的含义,只表示非常。例如: It is a most important problem. =It is a very important problem. 这是个很重要的问题。 ◎ 注意:使用最高级要注意将主语包括在比较范围内。 (错) Tom is the tallest of his three brothers. (对) Tom is the tallest of the three brothers. 2) 下列词可修饰最高级,by far, far, much, mostly, almost。例如: This hat is nearly / almost the biggest. 这帽子差不多是最大的了。 ◎ 注意:序数词通常只修饰最高级。例如: Africa is the second largest continent.非洲是第二大洲。