一．形容词的定义
英语中用来表示人或事物的性质, 特征或状态的词称为形容词. 大多数形容词有比较等级的变化, 即原级, 比较级和最高级.
二．形容词的位置
形容词在句子中通常位于名词之前或系动词之后（形容词+名词/名词+系动词+形容词）。当有两个或两个以上的形容词修饰名词时，这些形容词有一定的排列顺序。(限观形龄色国材）
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冠词或物主代词，指示代词，不定代词 |
数词 |
一般的描绘形容词
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物体大小，长短，高低及形状的形容词
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年龄大小，长幼，新旧的形容词 |
颜色的形容词 |
国籍的形容词 |
物质材料，类别，用途的形容词 |
中心词 |
a great green Olympics 伟大的绿色奥运
the tall young man 那个高个子的年轻人
two old Chinese stone bridges 两座古老的中国石桥
三．形容词的比较级和最高级
1. 形容词等级的构成形式
(1) 规则变化
单音节词和少数双音节词，加词尾-er, -est 来构成比较级和最高级。
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构成法 |
原级 |
比较级 |
最高级 |
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直接加-er, -est |
tall great |
taller greater |
tallest greatest |
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以不发音e结尾的单音节和少数以-le结尾的双音节词直接加-r, -st |
nice large able |
nicer larger abler |
nicest largest ablest |
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以一个辅音字母结尾的闭音节词，双写结尾的辅音字母，再加-er, -est |
fat thin big hot wet 胖瘦大热潮
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fatter thinner bigger hotter wetter
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fattest thinnest biggest hottest wettest |
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辅音字母+y结尾的双音节词，改y为i, 再加-er, -est |
easy busy |
easier busier |
easiest busiest |
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少数以-er, -ow结尾的双音节词末尾加-er, -est |
clever narrow |
cleverer narrower |
cleverest narrowest |
其它双音节词和多音节词，在前面加more, most, less, least来构成比较级和最高级。
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原级 |
比较级 |
最高级 |
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important |
more/less important |
most/ least important |
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beautiful |
more/less beautiful |
most/least beautiful |
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expensive |
more/less expensive |
most/least expensive |
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interesting |
more/less interesting |
most/least interesting |
(2) 不规则变化(好坏多少远）
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原级 |
比较级 |
最高级 |
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good/well (好） |
better 更好的 |
best 最好的 |
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bad/badly/ill（坏） |
worse 更坏/糟的 |
worst 最坏/遭的 |
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many/much（多） |
more 更多的 |
most 最多的 |
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little（少） |
less 较少的/较小的 |
least 最少的/最小的 |
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far（远） |
farther 更远的 further |
farthest 最远的 furthest |
2. 形容词比较级的用法
（1）形容词的比较级是用于两个人或者事物之间的比较，表示“比…..更…一些”的意思。结构：主语+be+形容词比较级+than+比较对象。
Tom is taller than Jack.(Tom比Jack高。）
Shanghai is larger than any other city in China.(上海比中国的任何城市都大。）
Xiao Lu is more outgoing than her sister.（小璐比她姐姐开朗。）
（2 )有时比较前可以用many, much, far, even, a little 等等表示程度的壮语。
Yao Ming is far/much taller than me.（姚明比我高得多。）
My sister is two years older than me. （我的姐姐比我大两岁。）‘
She is a little fatter than me.（她比我胖点。）
(3) 同几比较用 “as + 形容词原级+as”结构, 否定形式为”not as ..as…”
She is as busy as a bee. (她像蜜蜂一样忙。）
It is not as cold as yesterday.（今天不像昨天那样冷。）
3. 形容词最较级的用法
（1）形容词最高级的前面通常要加定冠词the, 后面跟一个短语或从句来表示比较的范围， 但在一定的上下文中，表示“比较范围”的短语或从句可以省略。
结构：主语+be+the+形容词最高级+（名词）+比较范围。
Andy is the youngest boy in his class. Andy是他班级里最小的学生。
（2）有时在形容词最高级前可以有序数词以及much, by far, nearly, almost等。
Canada is the second largest country in the world. 加拿大是世界上的第二大国。
(3) 有时最高级形式后面可以不跟名词。
This one is the fastest. （这个是最快的.)
(4) 比较范围通常用“in…” “of…” 短语或从句表示。
She is the cleverest student in our class. 她是我们班级里最聪明的学生。
She is the cleverest student of them all. 她是她们中最聪明的学生。
She is the cleverest student that I have ever seen. 她是我曾经见过最聪明的学生。
(5) 有时用比较级表示最高级
I can’t find a taller man than Yao Ming in China.在中国，我找不到比姚明更高的人。
= Yao Ming is the tallest man in China. 在中国，姚明是最高的人。
小升初专项练习—形容词
一．写出下列形容词的比较级和最高级
1. old _______ _______ 2. big _______ _______
3. hot _______ _______ 4. brave _______ _______
5. well _______ _______ 6. good _______ _______
7. bad _______ _______ 8. soft _______ _______
9. heavy _______ _______ 10. large _______ _______
11. clever _______ _______ 12. difficult _______ _______
13. happy _______ _______ 14. much _______ _______
15. far _______ _______ 16. little _______ _______
17. thin _______ _______ 18. busy _______ _______
19. sad _______ _______ 20. wet _______ _______
21. late _______ _______ 22. tidy _______ _______
23. few _______ _______ 24. fat _______ _______
25. easy _______ _______ 26. important _______ _______
二．用所给词的适当形式填空
1, The street is as _______ ( long ) as that one, but it is _______ ( wide ) than that one.
2, This is the _______ ( short ) way to Tian’an men Square.
3, My brother is 3 inches _______ ( tall ) than I.
4, The Nanjing Road is the _______ ( crowded ) street in Shanghai.
5, Every morning I get up _______ ( early ) than my brother, but my sister gets up _______ (early ).
6, Lesson 5 is _______ ( easy ) than lesson 6, but it is not so _______ ( interesting ) as lesson 6.
7, Do you have anything _______ ( much, more, most ) to say?
8, This is the_________ ( large ) power station that we have ever seen.
9, Which is the _______ ( high ) mountain in the world?
10, I can walk _______ (far) than a young man.
11, I was five minutes_________ ( late ) for the train.
三．单项选择
1.This bike is _______than that one
A. twenty yuan dear B.twenty yuan dearer C.dear twenty yuan D.dearer twenty yuan
2. Do you like those _______-?
A. beautiful two big new green boxes B. beautiful two new green big boxes
C. two beautiful green new big boxes D. two beautiful big new green boxes
3.We had better do the work with _______money and _______people.
A.little ,fewer B. little ,few C.less, fewer D. less ,few
4. You study English_______as your brother,but you don’t speak English _______much as he.
A.as hard, such B.as harder, such C.as hard ,so D. as harder , so
5.He had never seen a _______film.
A.more interest B.most interesting C.more interesting D. more interested
6.A _______person is sometimes easier to be cheated than a child.
A.growing-up B.grown-up C.up-growing D.grew-up
7.Of the two children,the boy looks _______than that one.
A.the taller. B.the tallest. C.a little tall D.taller
8.The river is _______than that one.
A.wide and deep B.wider and deeper C.widest and deepest D.wide and deeper
9.The air in Beijing is getting much ___ now than a few years ago.
A.clean B.cleaner C.cleanest D.the cleanest
10.My cousin is very busy with his work. He has ___ time to read newspapers.
A.little B.few C.a little D.a few
11.Who has ___ apples now, Jim, Lily or Lucy?
A.much B.biggest C.better D.the most
12.We all hope that there’s ___ pollution in the world.
A.more B.much C.less D.fewer
13.I’m fourteen. My friend is sixteen. So I’m ___ him.
A.as old as B.not younger than C.not as young as D.two years younger than
