Section A Grammar Focus-3c
To learn to make comparisons using
superlatives.
To learn new words:
worse, service, pretty, menu, act, meal
…
Objectives
friendly
sing well
hard-working
popular
thin
talented
smart
funny
A: Who
sings (the
) best
in your
class
?
A: Who is
the thinnest in
your class
?
B: I think …
I want to know you!
is the
________mountain
in the world.
What mountain is 8,844.43 meters high
in China?
Qomolangma
high
est
is the _______
river in China.
long
est
The Yangtze River
Read and guess.
are ______ ______ ________
of
all the animals in China.
the
most
famous
Pandas
They are fat and cute, black and white. They only live in China and are more famous than any other
animal
to Chinese. People over the world love them and we’re doing our best to look after them.
Think and guess
.
It begins at Chang’an.
This is an old trading road.
is the _______trading
route in the world.
The main product is silk.
old
est
The Silk Road
Plan
a trip along the Silk Road using
the
new language.
China is an amazing country. It has the world’s _______ (high) mountains. The Yangtze River is its _______(long). Pandas are
the
___________ (famous) of all the animals in our country. The Silk Road is
the
____
___(
old) trading road to the world. When we plan a trip, making choices doesn’t mean to choose
the
____
___
__(good) or
the
_______________(expensive) one, but
the
__________ (proper) one.
best
most expensive
most proper
highest
longest
most famous
oldest
Linda
Nancy
Kate
Linda is __________ girl of the three.
Kate is ___________ girl of the three.
the tallest
the shortest
Look and say
¥
50.00
¥
100.00
¥
150.00
The purple bag is __________________ one of all the bags.
The green bag is ____________ one of all the bags.
the cheapest
the most expensive
Look and say
Is Tom
smarter
than Sam?
No, he isn
’
t. Sam is
smarter
than Tom.
Is Tara
more outgoing
than Tina?
No, she isn
’
t. Tina is
more outgoing
than Tara.
Are you
as friendly as
your sister?
No, I
’
m not. I
’
m
friendlier.
Does Tara work
as hard as
Tina?
Yes, she does
.
Who
’
s
more hard-working
at school?
Tina thinks she works
harder
than me.
Grammar Focus
1.
用法:英语中三者或三者以上相比较,表示“最
……”
这样的最高程度概念时,要用 “
the+
最高级” 的结构表示。这种句式一般带有表示比较的介词短语,比如
: in our class, of the three
等。
例如
: Wang
Lin is the tallest in our class.
This
theater is the cheapest of the three.
注意使用最高级时应注意以下几点:
形容词的最高级
(1)
表示 “最
……
之一” 的句式,要用
one of the +
形容词最高级
+
复数名词。
例如:
Jingjiang Hotel is one of the biggest hotels in our city.
Lisa is one of my best friends.
(2)
当最高级前面有物主代词或名词所有格
时
,
不
加定冠词
the
。
例如:
Tom is Lucy’s best friend.
Tuesday is her busiest day.
(3)
最高级前可加序数词。
eg.The Yellow River is the second longest river in
China
.
(4)
形容最高级修饰作表语或介词宾语的名词,代词时
,
被
修饰的词往往省略。
eg.He is the laziest (student) in
our class
.
(5)
形容最高级用在选择疑问句中,
结构为:
Who/Which...,A,B or C?
Who is the best English teacher,Mr.Zhang,Miss Li or Miss Wang
?
2.
形容词比较级和最高级的构成
规则变化
一般情况下,单音节或双音节的形容词比较级直接加
-er,
最高级直接加
-est
。
如:
clever—cleverer—cleverest cheap—cheaper—cheapest
few—fewer—fewest small—smaller—smallest
young—younger—youngest
b.
以
-e
结尾的形容词,比较级
+ -r,
最高级
+ -st
。
如:
large—larger—largest
nice—nicer—nicest
cute—cuter—cutest
c.
以辅音字母
+y
结尾的形容词,变
y
为
i +er
或
+
est
busy—busier—busiest
heavy—heavier—heaviest
easy—easier—easiest happy—happier—happiest
dirty—dirtier—dirtiest
d.
以重读闭音节结尾,末尾只有一个辅音字母结 尾的词,双写最后一个辅音字母,再加
+er
或
+est
。
如:
big—bigger—biggest thin—thinner—thinnest
fat—fatter—fattest
hot—hotter—hottest
e.
多音节和部分双音节形容词,需在原级前
+more
构成比较级,
+ most
构成最高级。
important—more important—most important beautiful—more beautiful– most beautiful
difficult—more
difficult—most difficult
3.
不规则变化:
原级
比较级
最高级
good
/well
better
best
bad /ill/badly
worse
worst
little
less
least
many /much
more
most
far
farther /further
farthest /furthest
old
older /elder
oldest /eldest
最高级规则变化口诀:
最高级,很容易,一般词尾加est
。(
cheap-the cheapest)
词尾若有哑音
e
,
直
接就加st
。(
close-the closest)
重读闭音节, 单辅音字母要双写
。(
big-the biggest)
辅音字母加
y
,
记
得把y变为i
。(
friendly-the friendliest)
多音节,考考你,the most到底加哪里?
(popular-the most popular)
复习:形容词
最高级
的构成
A:
tall
short
quick
thick
light
cool
warm
quiet
wild
calm
-- est
B:
heavy easy tidy dry busy happy healthy hungry early
y
--
i-- est
C:
large
late
nice
-- st
big
gest
D:
big
hot
hot
test
thin “
双写”
thin
nest
wet
wet
test
fat
fat
test
1.We are going to
the Green Restaurant
for lunch.
(划线部分提问)
____________ you going for lunch?
2. Sam is the shortest in his class. (改为同义句)
Sam is ________ than ___
_
_
____ student in his class.
Sam is _______ than _____ _____ students in his class.
Sam is _______ than______
__
______ in his class.
3. How do you like Screen City? (改为同义句)
_______ do you __________ Screen City?
Where are
shorter
any other
What
think of
shorter
the
other
anyone else
shorter
练习:改写句子。
Fill
in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in brackets.
1.We went to the _______(bad) restaurant in town last night.
The menu
had only 10 dishes and the service was not good at all!
2.Blue Moon is _______ (good), but Miller’s is ________
(
good) in town.
3.The Big Screen is__________________
(
expensive) than most cinemas, but Cinema City is_____________________
(
expensive).
worst
good
the best
more
expensive
the most expensive
3a
4
. Movie
City has the ________ (bad) service,
but
we can sit the____________________
(
comfortably) there.
5
. Johnny
Depp acted the _____ (good) in
that
movie. He’s much _________ (
good) than
others at finding the
__________________
(interesting) roles.
worst
most comfortably
best
most interesting
better
Think of three stores in your town and fill in the chart. Then
write six sentences using the information in the chart.
Service
best:
worst:
Quality
best:
worst:
Prices
cheapest:
most expensive:
A: I think
Great
World has the best service.
B: I think
Cool
House has the worst quality.
3b
Where are we going for lunch
?
Think of three
places to have lunch near your school. Write the
information in the chart. Then decide on the best
place to have lunch.
3c
Restaurants
Danny’s
How much is a meal?
How far is it from school?
10 minutes by bus
Is the service good?
Is the food good?
A: Danny
’
s is the closest. Let
’
s go there.
B: No, it
’
s the most expensive. I think we
should
go
to
…
I.
根据要求写出单词。
1. bad (
比较级
)
2. do (
过去式
)
3. best (
原级
)
4. expensive(
反义词
)
5
. big (
最高级
)
6
. report (
名词
)
7. friend (
形容词
)
8. beach
(复数
)
9. quiet (
反义词
)
10. store
(同义词
)
worse
did
good/well
cheap
biggest
reporter
friendly
beaches
noisy
shop
Exercises
3. Lin Sen is
_______________________
in the
class
because he never gets to school on time.
(
最懒的学生之一)
4. Edison was
_________________________in
the world.
(
最伟大的发明家之一)
one of the laziest student
s
one of the greatest inventor
s
The Yangtze River is
________________river
in the world
.
(
第三长河)
the third longest
2. The Atlantic is
________________ocean
in the world.
(
第二大洋)
the second biggest
II.
翻译句子。
1.Hainan is a very large Island .It is the second _________
island
in
China
. (large)
2.
Our teacher is as ______ as before. (
busy
).
3.He is
__________________
among us. (
careful
)
4.Li Lei jumped far ______ than Jim. (
far
)
5.The busier he is, the ________ he feels. (
happy
)
6.I think Yao Ming is one of ____________ basketball
players
in NBA. (
hot
)
busy
the most careful
farther
happier
largest
the hottest
III.
完成句子。
LeBron James is one of
_______
players in the NBA. He is my
hero.
better B. the best
C. worse D. the worst
中考链接
由“他是我的英雄。”可知詹姆斯是最好的
NBA
队员之一。
one of
后面加形容词的最高级。
B
— Who runs
in your class?
—
Tom does. None of us can catch
him
in the race.
A. faster
B. slower
C
. fastest
D. slowest
由“没人能赶得上他。”可知
Tom
跑得最快。要选择
fast
的最高级。
C
Homework
1.Do
some exercise by using comparative and superlative
degree.
2.Write a composition about restaurants by using comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbs.