[误] I went to Beijing University five years before.
[正] I went to Beijing University five years ago.
[析] ago常与过去时连用，而before则多与完成时连用。
[误] - Have you finished your homework?
- No, not already.
[正] - Have you finished your homework?
- No, not yet.
[析] 仍然有三个英文字可以表达它们是already， yet 与 still。 要注意的是 already经常用于肯定句中，如The bus has already gone。 而yet 多用于疑问句和否定句中，如：Have you finished your homework yet? 而still则常用于主语与谓语动词之间，如：We still can't decide what to do. 但也有时用于be 动词之后，如：He is still here.
[误] He is very higher than I am.
[正] He is much higher than I am.
[析] much可以用来修饰比较级，而very则用来修饰形容词原级，如：I'm very tired.
[误] - Can I walk to the station?- You'd better not. It is very far.
[正] - Can I walk to the station?
- You'd better not, It is a long way.
[析] for一般用在疑问句与否定句中，如：How far is it from here to the station? 又如：It isn't far.
[误] I've ever been to America.
[正] I've been to America once.
[析] once 多用于肯定句，而ever则用于疑问句，否定句，及条件状语从句中，如：Have you ever been to London?
[误] - Could you pass the exam this time?
- No, I am not afraid so.
[正] - Could you pass the exam this time?
- No, I'm afraid not.
[析] 在肯定的答语中我们可以用so来代替上句所讲的事件，如：Do you think she is a good student? Yes I think so, /I hope so, /I believe so/ I'm afraid so.但在否定的答语中，英语口语的习惯用法则有所不同，如，I don't think so 而在hope, belive 与 afraid后则常用not， 如：I hope not.
[误] She didn't work enough hard, so she couldn't pass the exam.
[正] She didn't work hard enough, so she couldn't pass the exam.
[析] enough 可以作名词用，如：Enough has been said for how to learn English well. (对于如何学好英语已经讲的足够多了。)另外它可以作为形容词，如：I have enough money (or money enough) to buy this dictionary. 注意 enough作为形容词时即可放于名词前又可放于名词后，在初中范围的考题中多用于名词之前。如果enough 作为副词用，那么它一定要放在被修饰的形容词或副词之后。
[误] You can't be very careful.
[正] You can't be too careful.
[析] 此句话的含意是你如何小心也不过分。too…to的用法是"太……以至于不能作某事"。但在实际应用时也常常将后面的to省去，如：It is too expensive for me.那对我来讲是太贵了。
[误] He is good past fifty.
[正] He is well past fifty.
[析] well 作为副词用时除用于"好"之外还有"大大地、远远地"，等意。往往有人对下面两句的对或错有争议;
He is well.
He is good.
其实这两句都是正确的表达法，只不过其含意不同。He is well是"他身体不错"，而He is good 则为"他是个好人"。
[误] She is not as half clever as her brother.
[正] She is not half as clever as her brother.
[析] 在as…as结构中要将修饰形容词的数量词倍数及nearly, almost, exactly… 等置于第一个as之前。
[误] He is same age as Tom.
[正] He is the same age as Tom.
[析] the same…as是固定的用法，其中定冠词the是不可省也不能换成别的词的。
[误] Mother and her daughter are exactly like.
[正] Mother and her daughter are exactly alike.
* like 作为介词，其意为"像"，应用于 look like, be like, sound like, 其后要加宾语。而 alike 是形容词，或副词，如: You and I think alike. The twins are dressed alike。 但 alike 仅作表语而不能用于名词前作定语。
[误] Who is taller of the two?
[正] Who is the taller of the two?
[析] 两者的比较级之前要加定冠词。
[误] I have less books than Tom.
[正] I have fewer books than Tom.
[析] less 是 little的比较级，而fewer是few的比较级。less后应加不可数名词而fewer后是可数名词。
[误] There are three girls in my group. The cleverer is Mary.
[正] There are three girls in my group. The cleverest is Mary.
[析] 在两者之间应用比较级，在三者之间或三者以上的范围内应用最高级。
[误] The boy sat there as quiet as his sister.
[正] The boy sat there as quietly as his sister.
[析] as…as的用法要注意的是：①在其中间应加形容词或副词的原级，而不可加比较级，也有的语法书中称为同级比较。②要根据句意决定是加形容词还是副词，这要看它具体是修饰动词还是名词而定，如：He is as good as his friend.
[误] The harder you study, and you can learn more.
[正] The harder you study, the more you can learn.
[析] 英文中如果要表达越来越怎样，在初中范围有两种表达法：①比较级+and+比较级。②定冠词+比较级……，如：The nights are getting longer and longer。 要注意的是多音节形容词的比较级前要加more，这样的用法是：more and more 加形容词，如：The girl is growing more and more beautiful.
[误] Studying physics is not so interesting as to learn English.
[正] Studying physics is not so interesting as learning English.
[析] 在作比较时，英语一般要求对比的两部分结构应一致。如用动名词，应都用动名词，用不定式时则都用不定式。但有时在后一个不定式前的符号to可以省略。如：To repair the old one is as much expensive as (to) buy a new one.
[误] The girl is more cleverer than the boy.
[正] The girl is much more clever (much cleverer) than the boy.
[析] clever有两个比较级：cleverer和more clever,要注意的是不能用比较级来修饰比较级。clever的两个比较级也各有不同之处，如用在两种不同性质的比较时多用more clever,如：He is more clever than honest. (他的聪明要远远超过其诚实。)
[析] The boy is the tallest to the three.
[正] The boy is the tallest of the three.
[析] 最高级的范围要用of加复数形式或加集合名词。
[误] This book is one of the most useful dictionary.
[正] This book is one of the most useful dictionaries.
[析] 在one of 后面最高级形容词后要加可数名词复数。
[误] This dictionary is the much best one of the EnglishChinese dictionaries.
[正] This dictionary is much the best one of the EnglishChinese dictionaries.
[析] 在修饰最高级时应用 far/by far/much 加the加最高级。但very例外，如：He is the very best player in the team.
[误] Shanghai is bigger than any other cities in China.
[正] Shanghai is bigger than any other city in China.
[析] 在比较级中表示比较对象时如用any other其后一般要加单数名词。
[误] Most of stories in this book are written in English.
[正] Most of the stories in this book are written in English.
[正] Most stories in this book are written in English.
[析] "大多数"一词的表达法有most of the +名词，或most+名词。当用前一种结构时，其后面的定冠词不可少。
[误] The temperature of that room is higher than this room.
[正] The temperature of that room is higher than that of this room.
[析] 比较级用于两句话之间时，比较的部分不可省略掉，但为了避免重复，一般都要用that代替前面的单数名词，而用those代替前面的复数名词，如：The books in that box are bigger than those in this box。
[误] He is no more here. Maybe he is at home.
[正] He is no longer here. Maybe he is at home.
[析] no more在现代英语中多译为："从此再也不会了"，如：His voice is no more here. 他已经去世了，他的声音不可能再出现了。而用no longer 表达目前的状态。要注意下面几组句子的实际含意：This room is no cleaner than that one.即两间屋子都不干净。(两者都不干净) This room is not cleaner than that one,即这屋子不如那间干净。(前者不如后者干净。即一间干净，一间不干净。
(三) 例题解析
1 I think Chinese is ___ than maths.
A. interesting B more interesting
C. most interesting D. the most interesting
[答案] B.
[析] 在有than作比较的句子中应用形容词的比较级。
2 - What does Lucy like better, singing or dancing?
- Singing. of course. She's known to ___ it.
A. be good at B. be good for C. be bad at D. be bad for
[答案] A.
[析] be good at为固定搭配，意为"擅长作某事"。初中英语中有些这样的固定用法应记牢，而不能似是而非。如：be good at, be bad at, be poor in, be week in, be fit for
3 The Huang He River is one of ___ in China.
A. The long river B. the longest river
C. the longest rivers D. the longer river
[答案] C.
[析] 在one of + 定冠词+最高级之后的名词应用复数形式。
4 The girl was ___ afraid ___ she threw her bag away.
A. so, that B. too, to C. too, that D. enough, to
[答案] A.
[析] so…that为"如此怎样以至于如何"，此句意思是：小女孩如此害怕以至于扔下包跑掉了。而too…to的意思为"如何如何，以至于不能作某事"。但to的后面是动词原形，而不是从句。
5 It was ___ yesterday than today.
A. hot B. hoter C. hotter D. the hottest
[答案] C.
[析] 用than表达比较的句中应用比较级 。
6 Which subject do you like ___ , English Chinese or maths?
A. best B. well C. better D. good
[答案] A.
[析] 在两者之间应用比较级，而在三者之间或三者以上用最高级。
7 None of the students watched it ___ .
A. careful enough B. enough carefully
C. carefully enough D. enough careful
[答案] C.
[析] 首先应判定是选用用来修饰名词的形容词还是用来修饰动词的副词。这里是修饰watch这一动词，应选用副词。当enough用来修饰副词或形容词时应放于被修饰的形容词或副词之后。
8 ___ she eats, ___ she'll be.
A. More…fat B. The more…fatter
C. More…the fatter D. The more…the fatter
[答案] D.
[析] the+比较级表示"越来越……"本句应译为：她吃得越多，她就会越胖。
9 I don't think English is ___ Chinese.
A. as important as B. not important as
C. not so important D. important as
[答案] A.
[析] think+宾语从句时，应采用否定主句的形式，如：中文讲，"我认为你不对"，英文应为："我不认为你对"。 I don't think you are right. 所以不能选答案B。而C、D均为不正确的表达法。
10 Miss Gao is a good English teacher. The students in her class ___ English.A. are interested in B. are interesting in
C. are interested at D. are interesting to
[答案] A.
[析] 过去分词常用来修饰人，而现在分词常用来修饰物，如：an interesting book， 实际上过去分词含有被动之意，如：interested 其含意是"被……所吸引，感动"。而interesting 则为"使人感兴趣的"，如：an interesting man 一个有趣、风趣的人。
11 The twins are together most of the time. So they never feel _ .A. alone B. lonely C. happily D. friendly
[答案] B.
[析] alone意为"独自的，一个人的"，它只能作表语不能作定语。I am not alone in doing such a thing.而lonely 意为"寂寞的，孤单的"，如：The old man felt lonely. 要体会两个词的区别，如：The old man lived alone, but he didn't feel lonely.
12 What a ___ cough! You seem ___ ill.
A. terrible, terribly B. terribly, terrible
C. terrible, terrible D. terribly, terribly
[答案] A.
[析] terrible是形容词，而terribly是副词，第一个空是修饰名词的，所以应填入形容词。第二个空ill是形容词，这里terribly 是用来修饰ill的。
13 The two friends were ___ pleased to see each other that they forgot everything. A. so B. too C. very D. much
[答案] A.
[析] 这里用的是so…that的固定搭配。
14 Which is ___ , Li Lei's box or Han Meimei's box?
A. heavy B. heavier C. more heavier D. the heaviest
[答案] B.
[析] 两者之间用比较级，三者或以上用最高级。
15 You don't like the same colours and I don't like them, ___ .
A. too B. also C. either D. neither
[答案] C.
[析] 在否定句中也应用either, 而不要用too，因too用于肯定句中。
16 Jim is ___ at all his lessons. And I'm sure he'll do very ___ in the exams.
A. well, good B. good, well C. well, well D. good, good
[答案] B.
[析] good为形容词，如：He is good. 他是个好人。而well作为身体状况的好坏讲时是形容词，如：He is well为他身体不错，而作为其他意思时为副词，如：He speaks English well.
17 You look ___ than before， why?
A. more thin B. more thinner
C. much more thin D. much thinner
[答案] D.
[析] 多音节形容词才用more或most加形容词来表示其比较级或最高级，而thin的比较级为thinner。
18 Let's go out for supper now. I'm very ___ .
A. hungry B. angry C. tired D. thirsty
[答案] A.
[析] hungry-饿，angry-生气，tired-紧，疲劳，thirsty-口渴。要注意名词的词义。
19 - Can you understand me?
- Sorry, I can ___ understand you.
A. hardly B. almost C. even D. ever
[答案] A.
[析] hardly为一否定词，用在句中时应被看作是否定句。在答语中Sorry决定了其意为"听不明白"，所以只能选 hardly。
20 "___ do you write to your penfriend?"
"About twice a month."
A. How often B. How soon C. How much D. How long
[答案] A.
[析] how often用来提问某一动作经多久就要发生一次，也就是提问发生的频率。how soon是问从现在起还有多久。
21 Changjiang River is ___ river in China
A. long B. longer C. longest D. the longest [答案] D.
22 I'll work ___ I can.
A. so hardly as B. so hard as C. as hardly as D. as hard as
[答案] D.
[析] hard可用作形容词和副词，如：The desk was made of hard wood 又如：It is raining hard。 而 hardly 是副词，其词义是"几乎不"，如：Hardly did I sleep last night. 我昨晚几乎没有睡觉。而且hardly用于句首时要采用倒装语序。as…as即可以用于肯定句，也可以用于否定句，但so…as则只能用于否定句中。
23 It is very ___ to listen to him.
A. interested B. interesting C. interested in D. interest
[答案] B.
[析] interest作为名词有两个词义，①兴趣，②银行中所讲的利息。而其形容词 interesting是"使人感兴趣的"，而interested是"感兴趣的"如：He is interested in English.
24 Things are ___ worse than I thought.
A. more B. few C. very D. much
[答案] D. [析] 只有much可以修饰比较级。
25 It is one o'clock, but her father hasn't come back ___ .
A. already B. still C. too D. yet
[答案] D.
[析] 完成时的否定句尾要用yet， 而already则用于肯定句。
26 Comrade Chen is ___ older than I.
A. very B. more C. much D. quite
[答案] C.
[析] 只有much可以修饰比较级。可以修饰比较级的词还有much, far, even a little, by far等。
27 She did her homework ___ .
A. carefully B. careful C. care D. careless
[答案] A.
[析] 这里应填入副词，而careless是由care加less后辍得来的，less意为"没有"，是否定之意，如：careless-不小心，homeless-无家可归。而carefully为副词。
28 They can't answer the question in Japanese; we can't answer it, ___ .
A. also B. too C. either D. neither [答案] C.
29 - How are your parents?
- They are very ___ , thank you.
A. good B. kind C. well D. happy
[答案] C.
[析] 由问句得知其询问的是身体如何，所以well作为身体状况不错时应视为形容词。
30 Peter runs ___ in our class.
A. the fast B. faster C. fastest D. most fast
[答案] C.
[析] 副词的最高级前可以加定冠词，也可以不加定冠词。
31 We were all ___ glad that we sang and danced.
A. such B. so C. very D. quite
[答案] B.
[析] 在so与that之间只有形容词时不可用such。
32 Kate sings ___ Joan.
A. as well as B. as good as C. so good as D. as better as
[答案] A. [析] 这里well为副词，意为"唱得好"。
33 This egg smells ___ , though it looks all right.
A. good B. well C. bad D badly
[答案] C.
[析] smell为系动词，其后应加形容词，而不是副词。同样的词，还有sound， feel, seem、become(变成)等等，如：Ice feels cold in winter.
34 Wait a minute, I have ___ to tell you.
A. something interested B. something interesting
C. interesting something D. anything interesting
[答案] B. [析] 修饰不定代词的修饰词要放在不定代词之后。
35 I shall visit you ___ next year.
A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. some times
[答案] B.
[析] sometimes 有时，sometime 某一时刻，some time 一段时间， some times 若干次
36 My sister said she would try to speak ___ English every day.
A. a little B. a few C. litttle D. few
[答案] A.
[析] little修饰不可数名词，而a little意为"一些，一点"。
37 I have ___ friends here and I often visit them.
A. few B. little C. a few D. a little
[答案] C. [析] a few意为"有些"，few后面要加可数名词复数。
38 Of all these books, do you think, which one is ___ ?
A. interesting B. much interesting
C. more interesting D. the most interesting
[答案] D. [析] Of all these books 是用来表示最高级的范围
