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形容词副词比较级最高级变化形式归纳
大
多数形容词和副词有比较级和最高级的变
化，即原级、比较级和最高级，用来表示事
物的等级差别。
原级即形容词的原形，比
较级和最高级有规
则变化和不规则变化两种。
规则变化
◇单音节以及少数双音节的词后面直接加
-er , -est
原级
比较级
最高级
tall
taller
tallest
short
shorter
shortest
long
longer
longest
smart
smarter
smartest
small
smaller
smallest
new
newer
newest
young
younger
youngest
strong
stronger
strongest
fast
faster
fastest
high
higher
highest
cheap
cheaper
cheapest
cool
cooler
coolest
slow
slower
slowest
great
greater
greatest
clever
cleverer
cleverest
clean
cleaner
cleanest
few
fewer
fewest
loud
louder
loudest
quiet
quieter
quietest
特别提醒：以
-y,-er,
-ow,
le
结尾的双音节形
容词末尾加
er
和
e
st
。
如：
healthy, funny, busy,
hungry, easy, happy,
early, pretty,
lazy, heavy, dirty, clever, low(
低
的
)
等。
◇以不发音的
e
结尾只加
-r
，
-st
原级
比较级
最高级
nice
nicer
nicest
fine
finer
finest
large
larger
largest
cute
cuter
cuter
1
late
later
latest
close
closer
closest
white
whiter
whitest
blue
bluer
bluest
◇
“
以辅音字母
+
y”
结尾的词改
y
为
< br>i
，
再加
-er,
-est
原级
比较级
最高级
easy
easier
easiest
pretty
prettier
prettiest
happy
happier
happiest
funny
funnier
funniest
busy
busier
busiest
heavy
heavier
heaviest
dirty
dirtier
dirtiest
lovely
lovelier
loveliest
dry
drier
driest
lucky
luckier
luckest
◇以一个元音加一
个辅音字母结尾的单音节
词
（即重读闭音节词）
，
双写结尾的辅音字母，
再
加
-er
，
-est
原级
比较级
最高级
fat
fatter
fattest
thin
thinner
thinnest
hot
hotter
hottest
big
bigger
biggest
red
redder
reddest
wet
wetter
wettest
sad
sadder
saddest
特别提醒：
new, few, slow, clean
等词含有字
母组合，且发的是长元音，不用双写。
< br>
◇大部分双音节词和多音节的词
< br>(
即音标中
含有三个或三个以上元音音素的词
)
，
要在前
面加
more
，
most
原级
比较级
最高级
beautiful
more beautiful
most beautiful
important
more
most important
important
expensive
more expensive most expensive
outgoing
more outgoing
most outgoing
popular
more popular
most popular
serious
more serious
most serious
creative
more creative
most creative
comfortable
more
most
comfortable
comfortable
hard-working
more
most
hard-
working
hard-working
delicious
more delicious
most delicious
特别提醒：以形容前缀
un
构成的三音节形
容词不适合上述情况，
如
unhappy----unhappier----
unhappiest,
untidy----
untidier----untidiest
◇
以
形
容
词
+ly
构
成
的
副
词
要
在
< br>前
面
加
more
，
most
原级
比较级
最高级
slowly
more slowly
most
slowly
quickly
more quickly
most quickly
carefully
more
most carefully
carefully
loudly
more loudly
most
loudly
quietly
more quietly
most quietly
特别提醒：
early ----earlier----
earliest
◇由
ING<
/p>
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。
原级
比较级
最高级
interesting
more
most
interesting
interesting
excited
more
excited
most exciting
tired
more tired
most tired
boring
more boring
most boring
不规则变化
原级
比较级
最高级
good/well
better
best
bad/badly/ill worse
worst
many/much
more
most
little
less
least
far
farther/further farthest/furthest
2
old
older/elder
oldest/eldest
特别提醒：
◇
further
不仅可以指
“
距离更
远
”
，还可指
“
程度更深
”
。记住以下三个词组：
further study(
进修
)
further
education(
继续教育
)
further information
(
进一步的信息
)
◇
elder
仅用于同辈之间的排行，
如
: elder
sister(
姐姐
)
elder
brother (
哥哥
)
◇
less
作为
“
更少
”
仅用来修饰不可数名词，
修饰可数名
词表示
“
更少
”
要用
fewer
。
◇少数单音节词前面加
more,
most
构成比
较级和最高级，这类形容词一般为表语形容
词和由过去
分词变成的形容词。
fun ---- more fun, most fun
tired ---- more tired , most tired
◇
特殊形式：
friendly---
friendlier---friendliest
---more
friendly---most friendly
shy---shyer---
shyest
---shier
---shiest
练习：
1.
Bob
is
_________
(young)
than
Fred
but
___________ (tall) than
Fred.
2.
Ying
Tian
is
not
as
___________
(tall)
as
Yong
Xian.
3. Almost all the students'
faces are the same but Li
Deming
looks
_______
(fat)
than
before
the
holidays,
is
_________
(heavy),a hen or
a chicken?
5.--
How
________
(tall)
is
Sally?
--
She'
s
1.55
metres
_______ (tall). What about Xiaoling?
She'
s
only
1.40
metres
___(tall).
She
is
much
___(short)
than
Sally.
She
is
also
the
___
(short)
girl
in the class.
6. He is
_____ (bad) at learning maths. He is much
_____
(bad)
at
Chinese
and
he
is
the
_______
(bad) at English.
7. Annie
says Sally is the ________ (kind) person in
the world.
8. He
is one of the_________(friendly) people in the
class, I think.