第一节 形容词比较级和最高级的形式一、形容词比较级和最高级的构成形容词的比较级和最高级变化形式规则如下构 成 法 原 级 比 较 级 最 高 级① 一般单音节词末尾加-er 和 -est strong stronger strongest② 单音节词如果以-e结尾,只加-r 和-st strange stranger strangest③ 闭音节单音节词如末尾只有 一个辅音字母,须先双写这个辅音字母,再加-er和-est sadbighot sadderbiggerhotter saddestbiggesthottest④ 少数以-y,-er(或-ure),-ow,-ble结尾的双音节词,末尾加-er和-est(以-y结尾的词,如-y前是辅音字母,把y变成i,再加-er和-est,以-e结尾的词仍只加-r和-st) angryclevernarrownoble angrier⑤ 其他双音节和多音节词都在前面加单词more和most different moredifferent most1) The most high 〔A〕 mountain in 〔B〕 the world is Mount Everest, which is situated 〔C〕 in Nepal and istwenty-nine thousand one hundred and fourty one feet high 〔D〕 .2) This house is spaciouser 〔A〕 than that 〔B〕 white 〔C〕 one I bought in Rapid City, South Dakota 〔D〕 last year.3) Research in the social 〔A〕 sciences often proves difficulter 〔B〕 than similar 〔C〕 work in the physical 〔D〕 sciences.二、形容词比较级或最高级的特殊形式:1. 三个或三个以上音节的形容词只能加more和most只能说 more beautiful而不能说beautifuller;只能说the most beautiful而不能说beautifullest。但是,以形容前缀-un结尾的三音节形容词不适合上述情况,如unhappy,untidy,我们可以说:unhappier→unhappiest, untidier→untidiest2. 由-ING分词和-ED分词演变过来的形容词(包括不规则动词如know→known)只能加more或most来表示它们的比较级和最高级more(most) striking, more(most) interesting, more(most) wounded, more(most)worn等。4) The drawings 〔A〕 of the old masters 〔B〕 are among the treasuredest 〔C〕 works in museums 〔D〕 .三、最高级1. 最高级用于三者以上比较,形容词的结构形式是“定冠词+形容词最高级+名词+表示范围的短语或从句”(如all, of all, of the tree, in the world, that has ever taken place等)12) The more 〔A〕 fearsome of all the 〔B〕 animals in 〔C〕 the Western 〔D〕 Hemisphere is the grizzly bear.13) Of all economic 〔A〕 problems, inflation continues to be 〔B〕 a 〔C〕 most significant in its daily impact on 〔D〕 people and business.14) , the most familiar to general public is the criminal jurisdiction.〔A〕 All the activities〔B〕 The activities〔C〕 Of all the activities〔D〕 It is the activities2. 副词的最高级与形容词最高级的区别在于最高级前没有定冠词the少都行。I would gladly have paid twice as much for it. 就是价格再贵一倍,我也会愿意把它买下的。He as much as admitted the whole story. 他几乎全部承认了。3. as many:表示“与…一样多”I found six mistakes in as many lines. 我在六行中发现了六个错。的词,像如何、谁、何时、什么等在某方面也可视为副词。