四．very可以修饰现在分词形容词，且此时不用very much 。
The book is very interesting .
The football match is very exciting .
五．very不能修饰形容词和副词的比较级，加强比较级要用much,far,still,even,a little ,a lot ,rather,any,a bit,yet等。如：
误：The problem is very easier than I thought .
正：The problem is much easier than I thought .
误：Tom is very better today .
正：Tom is much/far better today .
误：This picture is very better than that one .
正：This picture is far better than that one .
六．Very 可以放在最高级以及first,last，next，same，opposite ,own等词前，用以加强语气，表示“最大程度地，完全地，真正地，充分地”。如：
What we need is the cloth of the very best quality .我们所需要的是真正质料最好的布。
You must drink the medicine to the very last drop .你必须把这药的最后一滴喝下去。
This is the very last thing I expected .这完全出乎我的预料之外
I’ll do the very best to serve the people.我要尽最大努力为人民服务。
This is the very opposite of what I expected.这和我预料的完全相反 。
Can I keep it for my very own ?这个我能收下来自己用吗？
He is the very first to arrive .他是最早到达者。
七．关于too前面的副词：
1．在too 前面不用very ,而用much ,far ,rather 等。如：
误：It is very too cold today .
正：It is much/far/rather too cold today .
2．在句型too…to…中，too前可加only,all,but等，表示“非常，很”，语意加强，后面不定式表示肯定意义。如：
The students are only too glad to talk with the foreign guests .
同学们非常乐意用英语同外宾交流。
They are all too satisfied to take the opinions of others without the pain of thought .他们都满意于接受别人的意见，自己懒得去想。
You know but too well to hold your tongue .你深知少说为佳。
以上所述是“very”作为副词的用法。
当然，“Very”也可作形容词，用法如下：
1．“恰好是（那个），正是（那个），与the ,this ,that,one’s 等连用。如：
This is the very book that I wanted .这正是我所想要（看）的书。
On this very spot ,the President was shot .总统就在这个地方遭到枪击。
She is the very picture of her mother .她跟她母亲长得一模一样。
2．与the ,one’s连用，置于名词前，翻译为“仅….就(mere)，甚至(even)”。如：
The very thought of the ceremony makes me nervous .只是想一想 那仪式就使我感到紧张了。
His very name silenced the children .仅是听到他的名字，孩子们就不敢作声了。
3．Very 可修饰作名词用的many,few,little，表示“非常的，极。”如：
Very few believe his theory .几乎没有人相信他的理论。
鉴于以上分析，同学们一定要谨慎使用very，万不可掉以轻心。
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