nearly和almost的区别及练习

nearly和almost的区别及练习
nearly 和almost 的区别及练习
一、nearly和almost 都可用来修饰介词短语、不定代词、形容词、副词、动词等，两者经常可以替换。

He goes to work by car almost/nearly every day.
他每天几乎都是开车去上班。

It’s a mistake they almost /nearly always make.
这是他们几乎总要犯的错误。

His house is almost/nearly opposite hers.
他的房子几乎正对着她的房子。

二、almost 可用于any及no, none, nobody, nothing, never等否定词前，nearly 没有这样的用法。

Almost any man can do it. 几乎所有人都可以做这件事。

Our English teacher almost never assigns a lot of homework. 我们的英语老师几乎从不布置很多的英文作业。

She almost has no friends in her life. 在她的一生中几乎没有朋友。

Almost nobody likes watching TV. 几乎没有人喜欢看电视。

= Hardly anyone likes watching TV.
三、nearly 前可有very, pretty, not 等词修饰，但almost 没有这种用法。

The work is pretty nearly done. 工作几乎要做完了。

We were very nearly at the top of the mountain. 我们要接近山顶。

四、almost 还可表示类似的情况
Our teacher is almost like my mother.
我们的老师就像我的妈妈。

练习
1.What she said was __________nothing important to us.
A.almost
B. nearly
2.Tom ________ likes nobody.
A.almost
B. nearly
3.I will eat _________ anything.
A.almost
B. nearly
4.He has _________ never been away from his home.
A.almost
B. nearly
5.The bike is pretty _________ expensive.
A.almost
B. nearly
6.We were very _________ at the end of the exam.
A.almost
B. nearly
答案：1-6 AAAABB。