98. Adjectives ending in --ing and --ed (boring/bored etc.)
很多形容词既可以以ing结尾,也可以ed结尾,区别在于ed用于形容人,ing用来形容东西。
Julia thinks politics is interesting.
Julia is interested in politics.
It was surprising that he passed the exam.
Everybody was surprised that he passed the exam.
The movie was disappointing.
We were disappointed with the movie.
99. 多个形容词 Adjectives: a nice new house, you look tired
我们有时候回把多个形容词放一起使用:
My brother lives in a nice new house.
形容词比如new/large/round/wooden被叫做fact adjectives。这些形容词告诉我们真实的信息。
形容词比如nice/beautiful被叫做opinion adjecttives。这些形容词表示人们的观点。
opinion adjectives要放在fact adjectives前面使用。
a nice long summer holiday
an *interesting young man
a delicious hot vegetable soup
a beautiful large round wooden table
多个fact adjectvies的使用顺序:
- how big?
- how old?
- what colour?
- where from?
- what it it made of
size和length的形容词在shape和width前面。
多个颜色形容词一般这么用:
a black and white dress
a red, white and green flag
be/get/become/seem后面使用形容词:
Be careful
I'm tired and I'm getting hungry.
Your friend seems very nice.
形容长相,味道,感受等:
You look tired/ I feel tired./ She sounds tired.
The dinner smells good.
This tea tastes a bit strange.
I didn't enjoy the *first two days of the course. (not the two first days)
注意这种用法:
first two days
,the next few weeks
,the last ten minutes
100 形容词和副词 Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly)
副词一般是 形容词+-ly。
quick -quickly
serious - seriously
careful - carefuly
但是不是所有的ly结尾的单词都是副词。
friendly
lively
elderly
形容词用来形容名词,用在名词前面。
副词用来形容动词。
She speaks perfect English. (这里perfect作用English)
She speaks English perfectly. (这里perfectly作用speaks)
在be,look,feel,sound后面使用形容词。
Pease be quite.
I feel happy.
副词还可以用在形容词和其他的副词前面:
It's a reasonabley cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good.
Maria learn languages incredibly quickly.
副词用在过去分词前面。
Two people were serously injured in the accident
The meeting was badly organised.
101. 副词和形容词2 Adjectives and adverbs 2 (well/fast/late, hard/hardly)
good/well
good是形容词,well是它的副词。
Your English is good.
You speak English well.
well和过去分词一起用。
Well-dressed
well-known
well也可以做形容词,“身体健康”的意思:
'How are you today?' 'I'm very well, thanks.'
Fast/hard/late
这些词既是形容词,也是副词。
Darren is a very fast runner.
Darren can run ver fast.
注意Lately不是late的副词:
Have you seen Tom lately?
hardly不是hard的副词。hardly的各种有用法。
She hardly spoke to me.
I can hardly do something = 对我来说说做某件事很困难,几乎完成不了。
My leg was hurting. I can hardly walk.
hardly + any/anybody/anyone/anything/anywhere
A: How much money have we got?
B: Hardly any. (= very little, almost none)
The exam results were very bad. Hardly anybody in our class passed. (= very few students passed)
She said hardly anything.
Hardly ever = 几乎从不(almost never)
I'm nearly always at home in the evenings. I hardly ever go out.
Hardly也有 “当然不是(certainly not)” 的意思。
The situation is serious, but it's hardly a crisis. (=it's certainly not a crisis)
102. So and such
so和such的比较。
so后面跟形容词或副词:
so stupid
so quick
so quickly
such后面跟名词:
such a story
such people
such a big dog
so和such都加强所要表达的意思。
It's a beautiful day, isn't it? It's so warm.
It was a great holiday. We had such a good time.
可以用so ...that 和 such ... that 这样的形式,that通常可以省略。
The book was so good (that) I couldn't put it down.
It was suck a good book (that) I couldn't put it down.
so 和such 有"like this"的意思。
Somebody told me the house was built 100 years ago. I didn't realise it was so old. (= as old as it is)
I didn't reliase it was such an old house.
其他使用方式:
I havn't seen her for so long I've forgotten what she looks like.
I didn't know it was so far.
I'm sorry I'm late - there was so much traffic.
I haven't seen her for such a long time.
I didn't know it was such a long way.
I'm sorry I'm late - there was such a lot of traffic.
103. Enough and too
enough 放在形容词和副词后面:
I can't run very far. I'm not fit enough.
Let's go. We've waited long enough.
比较too和not enough:
You never stop working. You work too hard.(超出预期)
You're lazy. You don't work hard enough.(低于预期)
enough放在名词前面:
I can't run very far. I don't have enough energy.
enough 单独使用:
We don't need to stop for petrol. We're got enough.
比较too much/many和enough的区别:
There's too much furniture in this room. There's not enough space.
There were too many people and not enough chairs.
enough/too ... for + somebody/something:
Does Joe have enough experience for the job?
That shirt is too small for you. You need a larger size.
但是enough/too ... too只能 + do something:
Does Joe have enough experience to do the job?
Let's get a taxi. It's too far to walk home from here.
同时用for和to:
The bridge is just wide enough for two cars to pass echo other.
Thes boxes are too heavy to carry.
The wallet was too big to put in my pocket.
104. Quite, pretty, rather and fairly
quite/pretty/rather/fairly 可以加形容词或副词:
It's quite cold
It's rather cold.
quite/pretty/rather/fairly的强度比very
小,但是比a little
大。
quite和pretty有相同的意思。
pretty是非正式的单词,主要用在口语中。
quite用在a/an前面,pretty则放在后面。
Sarah has quite a good job.
Sarah has a pretty good job.
quite还有其他用法,但是不适用pretty。
quite a/an + 名词:
I didn't expect to see them. It was quite a surprise.
quite a lot (of ...):
There were quite a lot of people at the meeting.
quite + 动词,尤其是like和enjob:
I quite like tennis, but it's not my favourite sport.
rather和quite、pretty很像,一般用在消极的地方。
The weather isn't so good. It's rather cloudy.
Paul is rather shy. He doesn't talk very much.
当rather用在积极的句子里面时,有'unusually'和'suprisingly'的意思。
These oranges are rather good. Where did you get them?
Fairly语气比quite/rather/pretty要弱。如果我们说什么东西fairly good,有这个东西还不够好的意思。
My room is fairly big, but I'd prefer a bigger one.
quite有 completely 的意思:
'Are you sure?' 'Yes, quite sure.'
I quite agree with you.
They haven't quite finished eating yet.
105. 比较1 Comparision1 (cheaper, more expensive etc.)
一个音节的单词后面加+ er:
cheap -> cheaper
fast -> faster
lager -> lager
两个音节并且以y结尾的单词后面+ er (-y -> ier):
lucky -> luckier
early -> earlier
easy -> easier
其他都用more。
有些形容词两种方式都可以用:
clever
,narrow
,quite
,shallow
,simple
下面是不规则的变换:
good/well -> better
bad/badly -> worse
far -> further (or farther)
106. 比较2 Comparision2 (much bettr/ any better/ better and better/ the sooner the better)
在比较级前面可以用这些单词: much,a lot, far, a bit, a little, slightly :
Let's go by car. It's much cheaper.
可以用 any和no + 比较级:
I've waited long enough. I'm not waiting any longer.
How do you feel now? Do you feel any better?
Better and better/ more and more,重复比较级来表示某事持续不断的在变化。
Your English is improving. It's getting better and better.
The city has grown fast in recent years. It's got bigger and bigger.
The ... the ...
the sooner the better
the bigger the better
表示一件事情依赖另外一件事情:
The warmer the weather, the better I feel.
The sooner we leaver, the earlier we will arrive.
older和elder
older和elder可以用来表达家庭成员,比如:
My elder sister is a TV producer. (or My older sister ...)
但是我们可以说my elder sister
,不能说somebody is elder
。
107. 比较级3 Comparison 3 (as ... as /than)
not as ... (as)
Jack isn't as old as he looks. (= he looks older than he is)
not so ... (as)
It's not warm, but it isn't so cold as yesterday.
Less ... than 和not as ... as 很像:
I spent less money than you. (= I didn't spend as much money as you)
I play tennis less than I used to.
as ... as
I'm sorry I'm late. I got here as fast as I could.
Can you send me the information as soon as possible, please?
twice as ...as, three times as ... as
Petrol is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago.
Their house is about three times as big as ours.
the same as
David is the same age as James.
Than me/ than I am
You're taller than me.
You're taller than I am.
He's not as clever as her.
He's not as clever as she is.
108. 最高级 Superlatives (the longest/ the most enjoyable etc.)
最高级也是两种形式 -est或most,规则和比较级一样。
不规则的单词:
good -> best
bad -> worst
far -> furthest/farthest
一般在最高级前面加the
Yesterday was the hottest day of the year.
oldest和eldest
略
最高级和地点一起用,后面加in
What's the longest river in the world.
对于组织或者一群人,也用in
Who is the youngest student in the class?
时间用of
Yesterday was the hottest day of the year?
在最高级后面用 过去分词:
That was the best holiday I've had for a long time.
109. Word order1: verb + object; place and time
顺序:谓语+宾语 + (地点或时间)
110. Word order 2: adverbs with the verb
如果动词是一个单词,副词用在动词前面。
Lucy hardly ever watches television and rarely reads newspapers.
副词用在be动词后面
The traffic isn't usually as bad as it was this morning.
如果动词有2个单词及以上(can remember/ doesn't eat),副词放在第一个单词的后面。
You've always been very kind to me.
Jack can't cook. He can't even boil an egg.
The concert will probably be cancelled.
probably在否定句中放在前面:
I probably won't see you.
all和both同理。
有时候我们用is/will/did来避免重复(unit 51)。这个时候副词放在动词前面。
He always says he won't be late, but he always is.
111. Still, yet and already Any more/any longer/no longer
112. Even
Even用来表达某事不寻常或者令人吃惊。
These pictures are really awful. Even I take better pictures than these.
He always wears a coat, even in hot weather.
No body would help her, not even her best friend. (Not even her best friend would help her.)
even是副词,可以看副词的用法.Unit 110
even + 比较级
I got up very early, but Jack got up even earlier.
Even though / even when/ even if
even though / even when/ even if + 主语 + 动词:
Even though she can't drive, she bought a car. (不能说 Even she cant' drive)
He never shouts, even when he's angry.
I can't reach the shelf even if stand on a chair. (不能说 even I stand)
比较even if和if :
We're going even if it's raining.
We want to go to the beach tomorrow, but we won't go if it's raining.