比較等級:
副詞和形容詞一樣,也有它的比較級和最高級形式. 可以參考形容詞的變換形式.但以詞尾 -ly 結(jié)尾的副詞（除 early ）須用 more 和 most . hard harder hardest fast faster fastest early earlier earliest much more most warmly more warmly most warmly 單音節(jié)副詞的比較級是在副詞后面加上 -er 構(gòu)成的,最高級是在副詞后面加上 -est 構(gòu)成的. near nearer nearest hard harder hardest 多音節(jié)副詞的比較級是在副詞的前面加上 -more 構(gòu)成的. 最高級是在副詞前面加上 -most 構(gòu)成的. warmly more warmly most warmly successfully more successfully most successfully 有些副詞的比較級和最高級形式是不規(guī)則的. well-better - best little - less(er) - least much- more - most badly - worse - worst far-farther(further)-farthest(furthest) 副詞的比較級和最高級用法同形容詞的比較級用法基本一樣. 最高級形式句中 the 可以省略. He works harder than I. 他比我工作努力. Lucy gets up earlier than Lili. 露西比麗麗起床早. He runs fastest in our class. 他在我們班跑地最快. He dives deeper than his teammates. 他比他的隊員潛水深. It's true that he speak English more fluently than any of us. 他英語講的確實比我們?nèi)魏稳硕己? Our school team play football best in our region. 我們校隊在我們地區(qū)足球踢得最好的.
編輯本段副詞比較級和最高級的形式
語法 Grammar in use——形容詞的比較級和最高級 （1）構(gòu)成 A 大多數(shù)單音節(jié)形容詞的比較級和最高級的構(gòu)成是在其原級后面加上-er和-est： small----smaller----smallest new----newer----newest B 許多單音節(jié)形容詞只有一個元音字母,其末尾為一輔音字母.在比較級和最高級形式中,這個輔音字母要雙寫： big----bigger----biggest thin----thinner----thinnest C 許多單音節(jié)形容詞以-e結(jié)尾,如 nice.這些形容詞只需在原級形式后加-r和-st： large----larger----largest nice----nicer----nicest D 有些形容詞以-y結(jié)尾,而在-y前是一個輔音字母.這些形容詞一般有兩個音節(jié).變?yōu)楸容^級和最高級時,-y要變成-i,末尾再加-er和-est： easy----easier----easiest heavy----heavier----heaviest E 但有少數(shù)形容詞的比較級和最高級是不規(guī)則的,必須熟記,如： good----better----best bad----worse----worst F 大多數(shù)較長的形容詞（即有兩個以上音節(jié)的詞）可與more連用構(gòu)成其比較級形式,與most連用構(gòu)成其最高級形式.
編輯本段比較級和最高級的基本用法
一、原級比較的基本用法 1. 原級比較由“as＋形容詞或副詞(或再加名詞或短語)＋as ”構(gòu)成“原級相同”比較句,表示兩者比較；其否定式,即“程度不及”比較句型為“not so(as) ＋形容詞或副詞＋as”,而且as…as結(jié)構(gòu)前可用just, almost, nearly, quite等表示程度的詞修飾 1) Walking briskly for thirty minutes will burn as many calories as . 〔A〕 to run for fifteen minutes 〔B〕 running for fifteen minutes 〔C〕 you run for fifteen minutes 〔D〕 fifteen?minute walking 2) The gorilla(大猩猩), while 〔A〕 not quite as curious than 〔B〕 the chimpanzee(黑猩猩), shows more persistence 〔C〕 and memory retention(記憶力) in solving 〔D〕 a problem. 3) Alaska is twice 〔A〕 as larger 〔B〕 as 〔C〕 the next largest 〔D〕 state, Texas. 2. “as (so)＋名詞＋as＋名詞”進行名詞比較,這時一般情況下有一個表示原級的比較詞,但如果第一名詞前出現(xiàn)了形容詞修飾該詞或出現(xiàn)副詞修飾謂語,應(yīng)當(dāng)用so而不用as 4) Thomas Jefferson’s achievements as an architect rival his contributions a politician. 〔A〕 such 〔B〕 more 〔C〕 as 〔D〕 than 5) I should say Henry is not much a writer as a reporter. (88年考題) 〔A〕 that 〔B〕 so 〔C〕 this 〔D〕 as 3. 表示“是……幾倍”時用“twice; three times等 + as 形容\副詞as...” eg. 1)This book costs twice as much as that one. 這本書的價錢是那本書的兩倍. 2)He has four times as many books as I have 他擁有的書是我擁有的四倍 二、比較級 1. 比較級由“形容詞(副詞)比較級＋than＋…,”構(gòu)成表示在兩者中間一方比另一方“更加…”.連詞than后可接句子,也可接名詞、代詞、名詞短語、介詞短語、動詞、動詞不定式、?ING結(jié)構(gòu)和?ED結(jié)構(gòu),有時也可省去than. 6) Natural mica(云母) of 〔A〕 a superior 〔B〕 quality is cheapest 〔C〕 to obtain than synthetic 〔D〕 mica. 7) She is older than . 〔A〕 any other girl in the group 〔B〕 any girl in the group 〔C〕 all girls in the group 〔D〕 you and me as well as the group 8) Josephine McCrackin joined 〔A〕 the “Santa Cruz Sentinel” in 1905 and, until her death fifteen years late 〔B〕 , remained 〔C〕 active in journalistic 〔D〕 work. 2. 注意than前后兩項相比較的人或事物要一致 9) The purpose of the research had a more important meaning for them than . 〔A〕 ours 〔B〕 with us 〔C〕 for ours it had 〔D〕 it did for us 10) Sound travels air. 〔A〕 faster through water than through 〔B〕 faster than through water and 〔C〕 through water faster and〔D〕 where it is faster through water than through 11) Gerbrand von den Feckhout, one of Rembrand’s pupils, followed 〔A〕 the style of his teacher so implicitly that 〔B〕 his paintings 〔C〕 are sometimes confused with his master 〔D〕 . 三、最高級 1. 最高級用于三者以上比較,形容詞的結(jié)構(gòu)形式是“定冠詞＋形容詞最高級＋名詞＋表示范圍的短語或從句”(如all, of all, of the tree, in the world, that has ever taken place等) 12) The more 〔A〕 fearsome of all the 〔B〕 animals in 〔C〕 the Western 〔D〕 Hemisphere is the grizzly bear. 13) Of all economic 〔A〕 problems, inflation continues to be 〔B〕 a 〔C〕 most significant in its daily impact on 〔D〕 people and business. 14) , the most familiar to general public is the criminal jurisdiction. 〔A〕 All the activities 〔B〕 The activities 〔C〕 Of all the activities 〔D〕 It is the activities 2. 副詞的最高級與形容詞最高級的區(qū)別在于最高級可以不用定冠詞the