形容词副词的比较级和最高级
一、形容词、副词的比较级和最高级的构成规则
1.一般单音节词和少数以-er,-o结尾的双音节词,比较级在后面加-er,最高级在后面加-est;
(1)单音节词,如
small→smaller→smallest
short→shorter→shortest
(2)双音节词,如
clever→cleverer→cleverest
narro→narroer→narroest
2.以不发音e结尾的单音节词,比较在原级后加-r,最高级在原级后加-st;如
large→larger→largest
3.在重读闭音节(即辅音+元音+辅音)中,先双写末尾的辅音字母,比较级加-er,最高级加-est;如
big→bigger→biggest
hot→hotter→hottest
fat→fatter→fattest
4.以“辅音字母+y”结尾的双音节词, 把y改为i,比较级加-er,最高级加-est;如
easy→easier→easiest
heavy→heavier→heaviest
5.其他双音节词和多音节词,比较级在前面加more,最高级在前面加most;如
beautiful→more beautiful→most beautiful
different→more different→most different
easily→more easily→most easily
注意
(1)形容词最高级前通常必须用定冠词 the,副词最高级前可不用.
The Sahara is the biggest desert in the orld.
(2)形容词most前面没有the,不表示最高级的含义,只表示"非常".
It is a most important problem.
=It is a very important problem.
6.有少数形容词、副词的比较级和最高级是不规则的,必须熟记。如good/ell→better→best