1) “the+比较级…，the+比较级…”结构，意为“越……，越……”，表示程度的平行增长。
The harder you work, the better your English will be.
2) “比较级+and+比较级”结构，意为“越来越……”，表示程度逐渐增长。
注意： 当形容词需加上more变为比较级时，表示“越来越……”， 需用“more and more+形容词原形”的结构。
“more and more+形容词/副词原形”= increasingly +形容词/副词原形
3) no more than和no less than也是固定词组，分别表示“只不过”和“有……之多”、“多达”。（带有感情色彩）
4）not more than和not less than，not more than(=at most)表示“不多于”、“至多”，not less than(=at least) 表示“不少于”、“至少”。（表示客观事情）
He earned no more than 800 dollars a month. 他一个月只挣800美元。（在说话者看来，800 dollars是一笔较少的数，他这样说带有轻视的意味）
He earned no less than 800 dollars a month. 他一个月就挣800美元。（在说话者看来，800 dollars是很大一笔数，他这样说带有羡慕的意味）
5) more A than B = not so much B as A
例题：
-----George is a wise person.
-----But in my opinion, he is ______ than wise.
A. cleverer B. braver C. more brave D. less brave
6) …no + 比较级 + than 和not + 比较级 + than
no +比较级 +than表示前后两者都不
not+比较级+ than表示前者不如后者
Tom is not more careful than Jim. 汤姆 并不比 吉姆更仔细
Tom is no more careful than Jim. 汤姆和吉姆 一样不 仔细。
You are not less careful than he is. 你 比 他 更 仔细（你不如他粗心）
You are no less careful than he is. 你 和 他 一样 仔细。
-----If you come across any problems with your English learning, you may consult Tom.
-----Are you joking? His English is ___better than mine.
You are _________ more careful than your brother. You two can’t do the work that needs care and skill.
7) 否定词 + 比较级 表示“没有比…更…的人/物”
例题：
-----Did you have a good sleep last night?
----Yes, never sleep _______.
- badly B. better C. worse D. best
We couldn’t have picked a______ (bad) day for the picnic — it rained nonstop.
--- “Are you satisfied with his answer?”
---“Not at all. It couldn’t have been ____.”
A. better B. worse C. more D. less
8) the +比较级 + of the two + n.
He is the taller of the two. 他是两人中较高的那个。
She was the more promising worker of the two. 她是两人之中更有培养前途的工人。
He is the cleverer of the two boys.
Of the two sisters, Betty is (young) one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet．
9. can not ( never) ……too +adj. (adv. ) / adj. (adv.) + enough “越……越好”“非常”
I can’t thank you enough.我非常感激你.
例题：
-----I always take care when doing papers on the computer.
-----You meant it! One cannot be _______careful working on it.
10.‘the most’和 ‘a most’的区别。‘the most +adj/adv’ 表达最高级‘a mos +adj/adv’表示一个非常…的人/物。
Dalian is a most beautiful coastal city. 大连是一座美丽的海滨城市。
Dalian is the most beautiful coastal city in China. 大连是中国最美丽的海滨城市。
11.形容词作状语：一般作原因状语和伴随性状语
He went home, very happy.(他回家了，回家时很高兴)伴随性状语.
He went home happily.（他高高兴兴的回家了）方式状语, happily直接修饰谓语went home
They came back home at night, tired and hungry.
Tom sat____ (amaze) watching the monkey dancing in front of him.
有些副词置于句首可修饰全句，作评述性状语。如：
Fortunately, he was not drowned and was saved by the man.
Happily for her, her stepmother was kind to her.
Luckily, he was not hurt in the accident.
12. 翻译以下各组副词的含义
close_______closely_________
late________lately__________
deep _______deeply_______
hard _______ hardly ______
wide ________widely______
high_________highly_____
free__________freely______
most_________mostly______
13.描述人的情感及心理变化或事物性质的形容词。
exciting/excited; amazing/amazed; disappointing/disappointed等。
He told me the good news in a very _____(excite) voice.
He had a ____(please) smile on his face when he got the news that he was admitted into a key university.
The wine was excellent in the restaurant, but the food was _______(disappoint).
形容词与副词单句改错
1. After an hour or so we began to feel very frightening.
2. However, we seldom felt lonely or helplessly.
3. Last Sunday, police cars hurried to the taller building in New York.
4. As a result, people in the modern world generally live much more longer than people in the past.
5. People in industrial countries can expect to live for twice so long as people who lived a
few hundred years ago.
6. In some places you may borrow many books as you want.
7. I never knew a ride down a river could be so much exciting.
8. I’m sure we’ll have a wonderfully time together.
9. First, let me tell you something more about myself.
10.I used to play pingpong a lot in my spare time, but now I am interesting in football.
11. Also, the sport teaches us the important of obedience.
12.Unfortunate, there are too many people in my family.
13.I think I liked those classes because I felt that they helped me understand what the world works.
14.After learning the basics of the subject, nothing else seemed very practically to me.
15. Whenever I see them I will often think of my English teacher.
16.She called 119 immediate.
17.For instance, one night he played strong and loudly music till four o’clock in the morning.
18. But he is difference now.
19.…although radios can be very noise.
20.…all planned and written by grownups to make children want things that they don’t real need.
21.But one of the best players in our team told me just then that he wouldn’t play basketball any more.