Unit 3 Modern machines The comparative and superlative of adjectives英语中有时需要对两者或多者进行比较,这时就需要用形容词的比较等级
比较等级分为: 原级 : cheap expensive 比较级 : cheaper more expensive 最高级 : cheapest the most expensive The dog is bigger than the mouse
The horse is the biggest of all
The boy is younger than the man
The baby is the youngest of the three
bigbiggerbiggestyoung youngeryoungest JimLi LeiTomLi Lei is taller than Tom
Jim is the tallest of all
¥ 30¥ 20¥ 10The yellow coat is cheaper than the purple one
The brown coat is the cheapest of the three
形容词比较级和最高级的构成:单音节形容词的构成方法原级比较级最高级一般在词尾加 -er 或 -est tall taller tallest以字母 e 结尾的单词后加 -r 或 -st nice fine nicer finer nicest finest 以“辅音字母 +y”结尾的双音节词,先改 y 为 i,再加 -er 或 -estearlyheavy earlier heavier earliest heaviest规则变化 more usefulmorebeautifulthinnerbiggerhottermostu