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北京PET语法点07期：等级和非等级形容词Gradable and non-gradable adjectives

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在KET语法点07期中

我们学习到形容词的比较级和最高级

PET不仅考查与KET中的相同考点

还更会深挖形容词的其他知识点

⑴Gradable and non-gradable adjectives

Most adjectives are gradable.This means we can make them stronger or weaker by using words like very.We cannot use words like completely or absolutely with these adjectives.

例如：

(×)I'm completely cold.

(√)I'm very cold.

(√)Our English exam was fairly difficult.

(√)Harry's new car is quite big,isn't it?

(√)Ben was pretty tired after a long day's work.

(等级形容词可以接受very等词语的修饰。但不能用completely或absolutely等词语去修饰等级形容词。）

Non-gradable or extreme adjectives are adjectives which we cannot make stronger or weaker by using words like very.We can use these words with non-gradable adjectives: completely,absolutely,totally, really.

例如：

(×)I'm very freezing.

(√)I'm absolutely freezing.

(√)It was absolutely impossible to pass our English exam.

(√)Harry's new car is really enormous,isn't it?

(√)Ben was totally exhausted after a long day's work.

⑵Adjectives with -ed and -ing endings

Many English adjectives which end in -ing or -ed are formed from verbs.

verbadjectives relaxrelaxed/relaxingsurprisesurprised/surprising

Adjectives which end in -ed tell us how a person feels.

例句：I’m going to bed because I'm tired.

Adjectives which end in -ing decribe the effect of something.

例句：I'm going to bed. I've had a tiring day at work.

⑶可修饰等级形容词的词语

a bit，a little, slightly,much,far,a lot

We can use these words with comparative adjectives.

We use a bit,a little, slightly, not much or not a lot to describe a small difference:

例句：My brother is a little younger than me.

I'm a bit older than him.

We use much,a lot or far to describe a large different:

例句：I'm much fitter than my brother,but he's a lot faster than me.

He's much more polite than his cousin.

(not) as···as

We use as+adjective/adverb +as to say that two things are the same.例句：Hannah is as tall as Jess. Today is as warm as yesterday.
We use not as+adjective/adverb +as to say that one thing is less than another.例句：My brother isn't as fit as me.=I am fitter than my brother. I'm not as fast as my brother.=My brother is faster than me.