形容词用来表示人或事物的性质和特征，修饰名词或代词，在句中主要用作定语和表语；而副词用来修饰动词、形容词或其他副词或短语甚至整个句子。有关形容词和副词的考点归纳如下。

　　1． 下列形容词一般用作表语，特别是以a- 和 un- 开头的形容词

　　afloat, afraid, ahead, alike, alone, asleep, ashamed, awake, aware, unable, unafraid, unlike, unaware, unwell, bound, content, drunk, glad, ill, liable, poorly, ready, sure, well, worth

　　2． 下列形容词一般用作定语

　　chief, east, eastern, entire, eventual, exact, exsiting, first, following, indoor, last, main, neighbouring, next, north, northern, occasional, only, outdoor, past, present, previous, principal, sole, smokeless, south, total, utter, west, weatern, woolen

　　3． 下列情况作定语的形容词后置

　　a) 以 a- 开头的形容词做定语时需要后置。如：

　　He is the only man alive in the village after the earthquake.

　　b) 形容词修饰something, nothing, everything等不定代词时以及用于某些固定短语。如：

　　something important, secretary-general (秘书长)，things real (不动产)，things personal（动产），court martial (军事法庭)

　　4． 下列以 -ly 结尾的形容词不要误用为副词

　　 friendly, lively, silly, lovely, ugly, earthly, lonely, fatherly, costly

　　5． 下列单词既可用作形容词，又可用作副词

　　 close, daily, deathly, deep, direct, early, easy, enough, far, fast, firm, hard, high, little, long, low, monthly, much, near, quaterly, quick, straight, tight, weekly, wrong, yearly

　　6． 以拉丁文-ior结尾的形容词内含比较意义时， 后接比较对象时用to 而不是than。

　　这些词包括superior, inferior, senior, junior, major, minor, anterior, interior, prior, posterior, prefer等。 如：

　　 Socialism system is much superior to capitalism system.