Topic 1
一、形容词的比较级和最高级(1)
I think the countryside is quieter than the city.
我认为乡村比城市更宁静。
The pigs must be the fattest and laziest animals on the farm.
猪是农场里最胖最懒的动物。
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"adj-er;adj-est"分别是形容词的比较级和最高级的基本表达式。
形容词的比较级和最高级的作用:用于做比较。
比较级和最高级有规则变化和不规则变化两种。
(1)规则变化:
1.单音节词和少数双音节词,加词尾-er, -est来构成较级和最高级。
如:fast–faster–fastest high – higher – highest
2.以字母 e 结尾加–r 或–st
如:fine–finer–finest late–later–latest
3.重读闭音节、末尾只有一个辅音字母时双写加 –er 或 –est
如:fat – fatter – fattest big – bigger – biggest
4.以辅音字母加 y 结尾变 y为 i 加–er 或–est
如: early–earlier–earliest easy–easier–easiest
(2)常见的不规则变化:
1.good/well–better–best ; many/much–more–most
little–less–least ; bad/badly/ill–worse–worst
2.三音节,多音节和+ly的副词比较级和最高级用more/the most
popular - more delicious - most delicious
slowly - more slowly - most slowly
