Unit 2

School Life !

Grammar

Revision 写出下列形容词的比较级与最高级 .many _______ _______much _______ _______little _______ _______few _______ _______big _______ _______thin _______ _______heavy _______ _______

more most

more mostless least

fewer fewestbigger biggest

thinner thinnestheavier heaviest

sad _________ __________early _________ __________well _________ __________close __________ ___________cheerful ____________ ____________bad __________ ____________friendly ____________ ___________pretty _________ _________

sadder saddestearlier earliestbetter bestcloser closest

more cheerful most cheerful

more friendly most friendlyworse worst

prettier prettiest

Put the following into English.

1. 我比我妈妈高 . I am taller than my mother. 2. 李丽学习比我更努力 . Lily studies harder than me. 3. 我的书包比他的重 . My schoolbag is heavier than his. 4. 南京的夏天比北京热 . The weather in Nanjing is hotter than that in

Beijing.

Grammar A

Millie Amy

Millie has _____ flowers ____ Amy.

Amy has _____ flowers ____ Millie.

more than

fewer than

Kitty

Daniel has _____ CDs ______ Kitty.

Kitty has _____ CDs ______ Daniel.

Daniel

more than

fewer than

Betty Linda

dictionary

bag

pencil

jacket

Let’s compare!

Simon

Sandy Simon

Sandy

Simon has _____ orange juice ______ Sandy.

Sandy has _______ orange juice ______ Simon.more than

less than

Hobo has more bread than Eddie .

Eddie has less bread than Eddie .

Simon Sandy

coke

fish

ice-cream

coffee

Let’s compare!

work out the ruleComparing two things:

+ (countable, uncountable) nouns +thanmore

less

+ (countable, uncountable) nouns + than more

fewer 可数 ， 不可数

Millie has more

tomatoes than

Daniel.

Daniel has fewer

eggs than Millie.

Daniel has more

rice than Millie.

Millie has less juice

than Daniel.

Let’s pratice!

72 words 68 words 65 words

72 points 68 points 65 points

Amy Sandy Simon

1. Amy wrote ___________ words.

She scored ___________ points.

the mostthe most

2. Simon wrote __________ words.

He scored ___________ points.

the fewest

the fewest

Daniel has money.

Kitty has money.

the most

the least

the least

Simon

￥ 50

Amy

￥ 100 ￥ 100

Sandy ￥ 100

Let’s compare!

work out the ruleComparing more than two things:

the most

the fewest+ (countable, uncountable) nouns.

the most

the least+ (countable, uncountable) nouns.

Danie =l

KittyMillie

1.I ______________ tomatoes.

2. Millie ______________ juice.

3. Kitty ______________ eggs.

4. I ________________ beef.

5. Millie ______________ bananas.

6. Kitty _________________rice.

have the fewesthas the least

has the mosthave the most

has the fewesthas the least

Let’s practise!

1. John studies _____ subjects than Nancy, b

ut he studies ______ subjects than me. I st

udy the _____ subjects among the three of

us.

fewer

more

most

Subjects 6 8 12

Clubs 3 2 4

Free time each day 4 hours 3 hours 1 hour

Nancy John Daniel

Look at the table below and complete the sentences.

Let’s check!

2. Nancy is in _____ clubs than John, but she is in _____ clubs than me. John is in the ______ clubs among the three of us.

3. I have ____ free time than John, but Nancy has _____ free time than John. Among the three of us, I have the ____ free time and Nancy has the ____ free time.

more

less

fewest

most

least

more

fewer

We can compare the amount of things usi

ng more...than, fewer...than and less...tha

n. We use the most for the largest amount

and the fewest / the least for the smallest

amount.

Comparing the amount of things

Comparative and superlative adverbs

We can form comparative and s

uperlative adverbs in the same

way we form comparative and s

uperlative adjectives.

Millie came third in the race. She ran

fast.

Sandy came second in the race. She r

an faster than Millie.

Amy came first in the race. She ran t

he fastest.

Adverb Comparative Superlative

Most short adverbs

+ er + est

hard

high

harder

higher

hardest

highest

We form comparative and superlative

adverbs like this:

Adverb Comparative Superlative

Long adverbs

more + most +

quickly

carefully

more quickly

more carefully

most quickly

most carefully

Adverb Comparative Superlative

Irregular

adverbs

replace the word

replace the word

well

badly

far

better

worse

further/father

best

worst

furthest/farthest

well

better

best

1. Sandy draws _____ (well). She draws

_____ (well) than any other student in

my class. She draws ____ (well) of us

all.

Complete the sentences with the

correct forms of the words in brackets.

2. David jumps ____ (high). He jumps

_______ (high) than any other of my

classmates. He jumps _________

(high) in my class.

3. Amy swims ____ (fast). She swims

_____ (fast) than all my other

classmates. She swims _________

(fast) in my class.

high

higher

the highest

fast

faster

the fastest

4. Millie writes ______ (quickly). She

writes ____________ (quickly) than

the other students in my class. Millie

writes ______________ (quickly) of us

all.

quickly

more quickly

the most quickly

1. come first/second /third

first, second, third 作副词用2. She draws better than any other student

in my class.

any 指任何一个，名词 student用单数 = She draws better than the other

students in my class.

一、单项选择 .( ) 1. Mr Brown is fat. The doctor told him to eat

________ food and take _______ exercise. A. more, more B. more, less C. less, more D. less, less( ) 2. Can you do the work well with ________ time

and ________ people? A. little, less B. few, little C. less, fewer D. fewer, less( ) 3. I see some orange in the glass. Please give

me __________. A. a few B. few C. little D. a little( ) 4. ________ children there are in a family,

__________ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. The fewer, the better C. Fewer, richer D. More, poorer

检测作业 !

二、改错：1. Mr. Smith eats the fewest beef .

2 .Tom has least sheep of them .

3. Mary has the more bread than her classmate.

4. The students in China have little free time

than those in the UK .

5. Cindy has less friends in his new school than

in his old school.

least

the fewest

去掉

less

fewer

3. Millie的中国朋友比 Daniel多。Millie has more Chinese friends than Daniel.

1. Sandy喝的水比 Simon少。

Sandy drinks less water than Simon.2. Daniel学的科目比 John多。Daniel studies more subjects than John.

三、翻译下列句子。

4.他讲的笑话比我少。

5.Tom有的空闲时间比Millie的多。

6.在所有的学生中，我有最多的光盘。

7.我有最少的钱，但是我有最多的朋友。

He tells fewer funny jokes than me.

Tom has more free time than Millie.

Of all the students, I have the most CDs.

I have the least money, but I have the most friends.

Li Lei jumps __________ in my class.

=Li Lei jumps _____ than _________

_______ in my class.

=Li Lei jumps _____ than _________

_______ in my class.

the farthest

faster

any other student

faster

the other students

8. 李雷是我们班跳的最远的。

四、用所给动词的适当形式填空：（ 10 分）1. As we all know, light (travel) faster than sound.2. Our team ______ (lose) the basketball final yesterday.3. Wang Nan spends 6 hours (practice) (play) table tennis every day.4. It rained heavily yesterday, so my father (drive) me to school.5. We always have a great time (chat) with each other.6. (take) a bus is much faster than walking,7. Quiet! The students (have) an English class.8. Could you tell me how (get) to the hospital?9. My mother asks us (not watch) too much TV.10.Listen! Do you know what they . （ read ）

travels

lostpractising playing

drove

chatting

Takingare having

to get

not to watchare reading

Make up sentences with

more/fewer/less...than and the

most/fewest/least