比较级和最高级
形容词和副词的比较级和最高级
1. 不规则变化
原级 比较级the comparative degree 最高级the superlative degree good better best
well better best
bad worse worst
many more most
much more most
little less least
far farther(距离)/further(程度) farthest(距离)/furthest(程度) older older(年龄)/eldest(兄弟) older(年龄)/eldest(兄弟) 2.变化规则:
1).单音节的词或词尾为er,le等的双音节词,在词尾直接加-er ,-est
如:cold—colder—coldest dark—darker—darkest
clever—cleverer—cleverest
2).词尾是不发音的e,要把e去掉后在加—er,--est
例如:close—closer—closest fine—finer—finest
3).以一个辅音字母结尾的重度闭音节,要双写这个辅音字母在加-er,-est
例如:big—bigger—biggest fat—fatter—fattest
4). 词尾是”辅音+y”时,要先把y变成i之后再加-er,-est
例如:early-earlier-earliest happy-happier—happiest
5).以-ful,-ing,-less,-ous,-ish等结尾的双音节词或其他多音节词要在词前加 more,most
例如:beautiful—more beautiful—the most beautiful
famous—more famous—the most famous
3. 形容词和副词的比较级前可以有:much,a lot,far,a bit,a little,slightly,any,no,some,even,still,a few,或数词,等来修饰
4. 形容词/副词比较级的用法:
1).“比较级+and+比较级”,
示:越来越„
例如:When the winter is coming ,it gets colder and colder.
2).“the+比较级+句子,the+比较级+句子”,表示:越„就越„
例如:The more you give ,the more happier you will be .
3).“the+比较级+of the two”,表示:来年各个中比较„的
例如: The apple is the bigger of the two.
4).“比较级+than any other +单数名词”,表示:比其他任何„都„
例如:Jim is taller than any other boy in his class.
5).which/who is +比较级,A or B,哪一个更„
例如:which is more difficult, the homework or the dishing ?
6).He is four years older than his sister.
The weather here is twice colder than that of Japan.
The people in China are more kindly than those in America.
7).最高级前如果是a/an,则表示很,非常=very
I like a thinnest teacher.