2022届高考英语备考：nearly与almost的用法点拨.docx

2022届高考英语备考：nearly与almost的用法点拨 1. When I came back, my wife was not ____ ready for meals. A. almost B. nearly C. fairly D. hardly 2. He told me that ____ nothing there was worth looking into. A. nearly B. almost C. hardly D. seldom 3. He enjoys a cup of coffee sometimes but ____ he drinks tea. A. most B. almost C. nearly D. mostly 从以上试题中不难看出， almost, nearly象一对姊妹，常常作为一题的选项同时出现。因此，深知他们之间的异同对做题是有很大帮助的。 一、 相同点 almost与nearly当 “几乎”、 “差不多”讲时，两个可以通用 1.修饰动词时，一般放在主要动词前面或系动词be后面，都表示眼看就要发生而实际上并未发生的事。例如： ①Last year she was very ill and almost died. ②The newsreel had almost(nearly) finished when I went to t