Native Camp 文法中級の総まとめ ⑨ 比較

2021-07-05

過去最高（最上級）という比較

<教材：中級７, 中級１２>
“He is the smartest person I have ever known."
“He is the most intelligent person I have ever met."

形容詞を使った比較 「～と同じくらい・・・だ / ～ほど・・・ではない」

<教材：中級２２, 中級２５>
“Tom is as kind as Maria (is)."
“He is as kind as she is."

<教材：中級２２, 中級２５>
“Maria is not as tall as Tom (is)."
“She is not as tall as he is."
“She shouldn’t be feeling as terrible as she seems."

副詞を使った比較 「～と同じくらい・・・だ / ～はより・・・だ」

<教材：中級２３, 中級２５>
“He trains as hard as the rookies do."
“I don’t eat as poorly as John does."
“He was as upset as she was."
“I will have confidence as much as my boss."
“I can’t understand movies in English as well as movies in Japanese."
“I am not interested in French as well as in English."

<教材：中級２３, 中級２５>
“Sean drives more dangerously than I do."
“She sings better than I do."
“My husband is more maturely than I am."
“I can sing a song more smoothly than my friend in English."

度合いを含めた比較

「度合い + 比較級」
<教材：中級４２, 中級４５>
“It took a little longer than I expected."
“Room A is 1.2 times larger than Room B."
“In class today, I learned that horses run two times faster than humans."
“Did you know that women’s hips are approximately one and a half times bigger than men’s?"
“My husband’s youngest sister is only seven years older than my step-daughter."

「much + 比較級」
<教材：中級４２, 中級４５>
“It’s much more than that."
“John is sixty years old, but he looks much younger than he actually is."
“Sorry I’m late. The movie was much longer and more boring than I imagined."

比較級を用いた表現「～すればするほど・・・だ」

「"more" や “better" や “less"」
<教材：中級４１, 中級４５>
“The more you exercise, the better you’ll get."
“The more he learns, the better he will become."
“The more I think about it, the less it makes sense."
“The more haste, the less speed. （急がば回れ）"

「形容詞がそのまま比較級になるもの」
<教材：中級４１, 中級４５>
“The noisier the children were, the happier their mothers felt."
“The higher we climb, the colder the air becomes."
“The older people become, the harder it gets for them to sleep at night."
“The more money he earned, the greedier he became."

「形容詞が変則の比較級になるもの」
<教材：中級４１, 中級４５>
“The higher we climb, the more beautiful the scenery is."
“The older they get, the more forgetful they become."
“The older they get, the less healthy they become."
“The more he learns, the more curious he gets."

「比較級の後ろに名詞が付くもの」
<教材：中級４１, 中級４５>
“The harder you exercise, the better results you’ll get."
“The more motivation they had, the better their skills became."
“The more we read books, the more knowledge we gain."
“The thicker coffee they have, the harder it gets for them to sleep at night."