1. Lesson 12
Let’s Go the Farthest!

2. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions:
______ average, a blue whale weighs more than 26 tons.
Jim is the tallest ______ all the boys.
A cheetah can run one hundred kilometres ______ hour.
The largest blue whale ______ record weighed 212 tons.
The giant tortoise lives the longest of all animals, _________ humans.
Please don’t be late _______ school next time.
___ seven hours and 57 minutes, you’ll be the champion. On of
per on
including
for In

3. Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:
Look! The boy __________(stand) outside the door for over 2 hours.
Do you think English is _______________(important) than PE?
Zhou Jielun is one of ___________________(famous) singers in China now.
_____ (a) average blue whale weighs more than 26 tons.
He invited ten teachers to his house, including______( I).
I will be the champion of _________(stand) on one foot!
Why not ________(ask) our teacher for help?
Lucy is four times as ________(old) as Lily.
I have three pieces of news for you. Which do you think is _________________(exciting)?
Danny will walk there on two ____(foot).
is standing
more important
the most famous An me
standing
ask
old
the most exciting
feet

4. 句型转换，每空一词：
The average blue whale is about four times as big as the biggest elephant. (同义句)
The average blue whale is about four times the _____ _______ the biggest elephant.
The average blue whale is about _______ times _______ than the biggest elephant.
2. Why don’t you come here earlier? (同上)
______ _______ come here earlier?
3. The cheetah is faster than any other animal in the world.
The cheetah is ____ ________ animal in the world. (同上)
The ________ fastest animal is the cheetah.
4. He will be back in two hours. (对划线部分提问)
______ ______ will he be back?
size of
bigger
three
Why not
the fastest
world’s
How soon

5. blue whale
bumblebee bat
giant tortoise
cheetah

6. falcon

7. Translate the reading into beautiful Chinese.

8. Read and look for adverbs and adjectives that occur(出现)
in the reading:
Adverbs
Adjectives
long
high
strong
thick
small
far
fast
high
far
fast

9. Give the comparative and superlative forms of the
following words:
longer longest
long
high
strong
good
many much
far
little
big
thin
early
nice
important
higher highest
stronger strongest
better best
more most
farther/further farthest/furthest
less least
bigger biggest
thinner thinnest
earlier earliest
nicer nicest
more important most important

10. 请你总结：
形容词和副词比较级和最高级的构成
一般在词尾加er或est
词尾有不发音的e，则直接加r或st
如果末尾是一个重读闭音节，辅音字母要双写，再
加er或est
4. 辅音字母加y结尾，要把y变成i再加er或est
5. 多音节词和部分双音节词，则在其前加more或most
6. 不规则变化

11. Choose one of the following words and make sentences with comparative and superlative degrees:
long high strong small
far fast old good
Jim is tall.
Tom is taller than Jim.
Brain is taller than Tom.
Brain is the tallest of the three.
Jim jumps high.
Tom jumps higher than Jim.
Brain jumps higher than Tom.
Brain jumps (the) highest of the three.

12. Language notes:
1. The road goes farther. Let’s go the farthest.
far farther farthest
far further furthest
He ran farther/further than the others.
It can fly farther/further.
I’m too tired to walk any farther/further.
We should get further information.
farther 常指时间、距离上的远
further可以代替 farther，还常用于引伸和抽象的意义，
表示“进一步，更深刻，更深入等”。
further
He wants to have _________ education(教育).
The park is _______________ than the small park.
I have nothing __________ to say.
further/further
further

13. Language notes:
2. That building is higher,
Than all the others.
That building is higher than all the others.
That building is higher than any of the others.
That building is higher than any other ones.
That building is the highest of all.
the others “其他的人或物” 指具体某范围中去处掉某
个或某部分后剩余的其他部分。
others “其他一些人或物” 是一种泛指，没有说明具
体范围，常与some连用，形成 some ……, others ……
There are twenty students in Sally’s class. Twelve are
boys; ____________ are girls.
Some students are in the classroom, and ________ are on
the playground.
the others
others

14. Language notes:
one …, the other… “(两者中的)一个……, 另一个……”
some …, others … “一些……, 另一些……”
The students of Class 1 are helping the farmers. Some
are picking apples, ________ are holding the ladder.
There are two new cars in front of the company. One is
mine, and _________ is the manager’s.
others
the other
all和whole意思都是“全部的，所有的”都可用在单数名词
前，但位置不同，具体位置：
限定词 + whole + 单数名词
all + 限定词 + 单数名词
my whole life = all my life
all和whole之后都可接复数名词，whole是“整个的”，一
般其前需用数量词。而all表示“所有的”，近似“每一个”。
______ my books are kept here.
It rained for five _______days.
All
whole

15. 用other, the other, others, the others填空：
Class is over. Some students are talking, _______ are playing games.
Lily has two watches. One is red, and ________ is black.
Is Jim stronger than any ______ boy in his class?
There are fifty students in our class. Twenty are boys; ____________ are girls.
用all 或 whole填空：
It took me a ________ day to mend the car.
_______ the windows are open.
They told me the _______ story yesterday.
4. That building is higher than ________ the others.
others
the other
other
the others
whole
All
whole
all

16. Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:
We can be much_________(strong) than all the others.
His bag is three times as _________(heavy) as mine.
The giant tortoise lives _____________(long) of all animals.
The Grand Hyatt Shanghai is the world’s _______(high) hotel.
The Three Gorges Dam will be ___________(big) dam in the world.
John jumps ______________(far) than any other boy in his class.
He went no __________(far) that day.
Which is the _________(long) of the two bridges?
Which book is _______________(interesting), this one or that one?
10. The less you eat, __________(thin) you are.
stronger
heavy
(the) longest
highest
the biggest
farther/further
further
longer
more interesting
the thinner

17. 合并句子，每空一词：
Danny is 15 years old.
Jenny is 15, too.
Danny is ______ ______ _______ Jenny.
2. Jim jumps two metres high.
Tom jumps three metres high.
Tom jumps ______ _______ Jim.
Jenny jumps far.
Brain jumps farther than Jenny.
Danny jumps farther than Brain.
Danny jumps ________ _______ the three.
4. A car runs 150 kilometres per hour.
A bike runs 50 kilometres per hour.
A car runs ______ _______ ______ ______ as a bike.
A car runs _____ _______ than a bike.
as old as
higher than
farthest of
three times as fast
twice
faster

18. A task:
Try to sing the song creatively(创造性地).