Unit1 Unit1

Grammar A and BGrammar A and B

Unit1 Unit1

Grammar A and BGrammar A and B

thin strong fatthin strong fat

What is he / she like?

strong thin fat

Describing people’s appearance

short tall

small eyes big eyessmall eyes big eyessmall eyes big eyessmall eyes big eyes

She has _____ eyes.

Her eyes are _____.

She has ___ eyes.

Her eyes are ___.

small

small

big

big

round faceround face square facesquare faceround faceround face square facesquare face

He has a_______ face.

His ____________.face is square

He has a round face.

His face is round.

square

beautiful good-looking handsome beautiful good-looking handsome lovely pretty smartlovely pretty smart

beautiful good-looking handsome beautiful good-looking handsome lovely pretty smartlovely pretty smart

beautiful , good-looking

pretty , lovely

good-looking

handsome

smart

The use of adjectivesThe use of adjectives

We use adjectives to describe sb/sth.

We can put an adjective before a noun

( 名词前 ) or after a linking verb ( 系动词后 ).

She has long hair. ( 名词前 )

Her hair is long. ( 系动词后 )

The cat is lazy.

This is a lazy cat.

1. is/ Sandy/ hair/ tall/ long/ and has

___________________________

2. never/ or unhappy/ feels/ Amy/ bored

______________________________

3. happy/ looks/ today/ Millie/ very

__________________________

4. boy/ an/ Daniel/ interesting/ is

________________________

Sandy is tall and has long hair.

Amy never feels bored or unhappy.

Millie looks very happy today.

Daniel is an interesting boy.

Help Daniel complete sentences.Help Daniel complete sentences.

Which goes faster, the train oWhich goes faster, the train or the car?r the car?Which goes the fastest, the plWhich goes the fastest, the plane ,the car or the train?ane ,the car or the train?

The car goes .The car goes .

The train goes than the The train goes than the

car . car .

The plane goes of The plane goes of

all .all .

fast

faster

the fastest

Lily’s cake is big.Han Mei’s cake is _

_____ than Lily’s.

Jim’s cake is the

______ of all.

bigger

biggest

Li Lei’s box

is heavy.

Han Mei’s box is

_______than Li

Lei’s.

Jim’s box is the

_______ of all.

heavier

heaviest

Mike is very young.

Jim is younger than Mike.

Tom is the youngest of the three.

This plane is high in the sky.

This plane is higher.

This plane is the highest of all.

Jack is fast.

David is faster than Jack.

Tim is the fastest of all.

Amy is very beautiful.

Linda is more beautiful than Amy.

Helen is the most beautiful of all.

构成方法 原级 比较级 最高级大多数直接在词尾加 -e

r 或 -est

fast

long

tall

Cheap

few

faster

longer

taller

Cheaper

fewer

fastest

longest

tallest

Cheapest

fewest

形容词的比较级 (Comparative) 和最高级 (Superlative)

构成方法 原级 比较级 最高级

以字母 e 结尾的形容词 ,

加 -r 或 -st

nice

safe

late

fine

nicer

safer

later

finer

nicest

safest

latest

finest

构成方法 原级 比较级 最高级

双写辅音字母 ,

再加 -er 或-est

big

hot

thin

slim

sad

fat

bigger

hotter

thinner

slimmer

sadder

fatter

biggest

hottest

thinnest

slimmest

saddest

fattest

构成方法 原级 比较级 最高级以辅音字母 +y

结尾的双音节词 , 先改 y 为 i,

再加 -er 或 -est

easy

happy

heavy

pretty

easier

happier

heavier

prettier

easiest

happiest

heaviest

prettiest

构成方法 原级 比较级 最高级

其他双音节词和多音节词在前面加 more 或 most

beautifulmore

beautifulmost

beautiful

importantmore

importantmost

important

dangerousmore

dangerousmost

dangerous

frightenedmore

frightenedmost

frightened

不规则变法

good / well better best

bad/badly/ ill worse worst

many/ much more most

little less least

far farther farthest

further furthest

old older/elder oldest/eldest

adjective comparative superlative

funny

happy

interesting

large

smart

thin

Complete the table below.

funnier funniest

happier happiest

more interesting most interesting

larger largest

smarter smartest

thinner thinnest

1. Simon is _________ (tall) Kitty.

2. Peter is ________ (tall) student of the

six students.

3. Sandy is ___________ (heavy) Millie.

4. Peter is __________ (heavy) student

of the six students.

5. Millie is _________ (slow) swimmer

of the six students.

taller than

the tallest

heavier than

the heaviest

the slowest

6. Amy is _________ (fast) swimmer of the

six students.

7. Millie’s drawing is _________________

(beautiful) Simon’s.

8. Sandy’s drawing is ________________

(beautiful) in the drawing competition.

9. Millie’s English is __________ (good)

Amy’s. Millie’s English is _______

(good).

more beautiful than

the most beautiful

the fastest

better than

the best

10. Simon is ___________ (short) Peter.

11. Amy and Kitty are __________ (light)

students among the six students.

12. Peter’s English is ________ (bad)

among the six students.

shorter than

the lightest

the worst

1. My god! My old ____ are ____ than

before.

A. clothes… short

B. clothes…shorter

Multiple choice

2. Tom’s box is ____than his mother’s.

A. heavyer B. heavier

3. His father’s box is _____ of all.

A. the heaviest B. heaviest

1. My mother is _______ in our

family. A. busiest B. the

busiest C. busier D. busy

2. This apple is _______ of all.

A. redder B. the reddest

C. the reddest D. reddest

Multiple Choice

3. Which pen is ___, this one or that

one? A. dear B. dearest

C. the dearest D. dearer

4. Kate is ____than all the other girls.

She is ____ of all.

A. taller, tallest

B. taller, the tallest

C. the tallest, tallest

D. tallest, the tallest

5. ____ of the two men is my uncle.

A. The older B. Old

C. The oldest D. Oldest

6. Do you know _______ of the three?

A. the youngest B. youngest

C. the younger D. younger

Fill in the blanks

1. 格林先生是这四个人当中最高最胖 的。 Mr Green is _______ _______ and

_______ one _______ the four.

2. 小香蕉往往比大香蕉好。 Small bananas are often _____ _____

big ones.

the tallest

fattest of

better than

3. 我的铅笔比你的短。 My pencil is ___________ yours.

4. 在中国，哪一条河流最长？ Wh

ich river is _________ in China?

5. 他的观点比我的新。 His idea is _____ than _____.

the longest

newer mine

shorter than

Millie is as tall as Kitty.

Millie Sandy Amy Peter Kitty Simon

Height

(cm)150 160 145 168 150 158

Weight

(kg)44 45 40 49 40 48

English

test10/10 8/10 9/10 6/10 8/10 7/10

Amy is as heavy as Kitty.

Sandy’s English is as good as Kitty’s.

Grammar C

1 The boy is _________

(tall) the girl.

2 The boy is ___________ (happy) the girl.

as tall as

as happy as

We use ‘as’ + adjective + ‘as’ to

compare people/things. It means people

or things are the same in some ways.

e.g. 1 She is as slim as I am.

2 Amy is as tall as Peter.

Rule out

1 She is not as slim as I am.

2 Amy is not as tall as Peter.

(She is fatter than I.)

(Amy is shorter than Peter.)

We use ‘not as’ + adjective + ‘as’ to

compare people/things. It means people

or things are not the same in some ways.

hiking swimming camping

Practice

Outdoor activities ( 户外活动 )

cycling diving skiing

★★★★★ ★★★★★

Millie thinks hiking is

__________________ skiing.

★

Cycling is ___________________ diving.

★★★★★ ★

very interesting not interesting

as interesting as

not as interesting as

Millie’s opinions

★ ★

very dangerous not dangerous

Millie’s opinions

危险的

1 Millie ： I don’t think swimming is

______________ hiking.

Sandy ： You’re right, but I think

swimming is _______________

cycling.

Daniel ： Oh no, swimming is

__________________ cycling.

Simon ： I think cycling is ______________

camping and skiing.

as interesting as

as interesting as

not as interesting as

as interesting as

2 Millie ： Skiing is dangerous. It’s ______________ diving. Sandy ： Yes, skiing is dangerous, but it is __________________ diving. Daniel ： Well, I think skiing is _______________ cycling. However, skiing and cycling are __________________ diving. Simon ： I don’t think any of these outdoo

r activities are dangerous if we’re careful.

as dangerous as

as dangerous as

not as dangerous as

not as dangerous as

What do you think of these activities?

1. Ann’s house is ten miles away from the school and nobody else in her class lives ______. [07 南通 ]

A. far B. farther C. farthest D. the furthest2. Susan is always the best in different ex

ams in our class because she is a ________ girl. [07 南京 ]

A. helpful B. politeC. proud D. hard-working

Choose the correct answer

3. － Whom would you like to be yourassistant, Jack or David? — If I had to choose, David would be _______ choice. [07 江西 ]A. good B. better C. the better D. the best4. —Would you like to go and see a film? —Sure, the TV programmes are too ___.

[07 南京 ]A. surprising B. interestingC. exciting D. boring

5. —Dick, is Nick your twin brother? — Yes, and I’m thirty minutes ____ tha

n him. [06 浙江 ]A. fatter B. tallerC. heavier D. older6. —Do you know the final of men’s single

will be played between Wang Liqin and Ma Lin?

—Yes. I felt ____ when I heard the ___news. [07 黄冈 ]

A. exciting, excited B. excited, excitingC. exciting, exciting D. excited, excited

7. — Is your toothache getting better? — No, it’s _____. [06 江西 ]A. bad B. seriousC. worse D. the worst