英语基础语法-08比较级和最高级形容词

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

比较级在两个主体之间比较,最高级在多于两个主体之间比较。

先说一下音节(Syllable),单词有一个或多个音节,一个音节是一个发音单元,包括只有一个元音,或者一个元音加一个或者多个辅音。
注意一个音节最少包括一个元音,或者元音发音(只有极少数的意外情况)。

通常单音节或者以’y’结尾的形容词,比较级在尾部追加’er’,最高级在尾部追加’est’.

对于以’y’结尾的需要先把’y’换成’i’然后在尾部追加’er’和’est’

  • old – older – oldest
  • young – younger – youngest
  • pretty – prettier – prettiest
  • long – longer – longest
  • short – shorter – shortest
  • bright – brighter – brightest
  • close – closer – closest
  • happy – happier - happiest

两个以上音节的形容词不做改变,在前面添加more表示比较级,most表示最高级。

  • respectable – more respectable – most respectable
  • beautiful – more beautiful – most beautiful
  • preferable – more preferable – most preferable
  • hardworking – more hardworking – most hardworking

一些形容词有特殊的比较级和最高级表示形式

  • good – better – best
  • bad – worse – worst
  • little – less – least
  • much (many) – more – most
  • far – further - furthest

在比较级句子中具有代表性的单词是’than’

  • Amy is smarter than Betty.
  • Chad is stronger than Dan.
  • Greg is more diligent than his brother.
  • I have more apples than he.
  • She likes him more than me.

最高级句子通常都带有单词’the’

  • Tom is the oldest man in town.
  • Paul is the tallest boy in the neighborhood.
  • That shade of blue is the most beautiful color.
  • This is the longest song that I have ever heard.

练习

填写合适的cold的比较级和最高级形式
Yesterday was a cold day. Today is ()than yesterday. Tomorrow will be the()day yet.

下面哪个句子是不正确的
1)Mary is shorter than Jane.
2)The moon is more closer to the earth than the sun.
3)I have the best score on the exam.

填空
1)My friend has a pretty purse, but I have a ()one.
2)The()weather is yet to come!
3)Today’s sunshine is()beautiful than yesterday’s.

答案:
colder, coldest

2

prettier, best, more