形容词的比较级和最高级用法
1. 在英语中,在表示“比较…”和“最…”时,形容词要用特别的形式,称为“比较级”和“最高级”,原来的形容词称为“原级”:
原级比较级最高级
strong强 stronger较强 strongest最强
2. 形容词的比较级和最高级的构成方法如下:
a. 单音节词和少数双音节词以加-er和-est的方式构成:
原级比较级最高级
young年轻 younger较年轻 youngest最年轻
old老 older较老 oldest最老
clean干净 cleaner较干净 cleanest最干净
在加词尾时要注意下面的各种情况:
情况加词尾法例词
一般情况直接加词尾small, smaller, smallest 以e结尾的词加-r,-st large, larger, largest 以辅音+y结尾的词变y为i,再加词尾busy, busier, busiest 以“辅音字母”结尾的词将这字母双写再加词尾big, bigger, biggest
b. 其他词都在前面加more, most构成比较级及最高级:
原级比较级最高级
important more important most important
difficult more difficult most difficult
interesting more interesting most interesting
II. 在空格中填入所给形容词的适当形式:
1. She is two year ___ than me. She’s the ___ girl in our class. (young)
2. Bill is ___ than Tom. He’s the ___ of the three children. (old)
3. John is the ___ boy in the class. (clever)
4. Cairo is the ___ city in Egypt. (big)
5. Her bicycle is ___ than mine. (good)
6. My cold is ___ today than it was yesterday. (bad)
7. Tokyo is ___ from Beijing than from Shanghai. (far)
8. This question is ___ than the other one. (simple)
9. This street is ___ than Beijing Road. It’s actually the ___ street in the whole city. (narrow)
10. It is ___ in Hong Kong than in Kunming. (hot)
11. My cold is getting ___. (bad)
12. The ___ man has the ___ leisure. (busy, much)
13.I didn’t have the ___ desire to go to bed. (little)
14. Manchester is ___ from London than Oxford. (far)
15. They made ___ arrangements. (far)
16. I’ll try to make ___ mistakes in future. (few)。