very是英语口语和书面语中使用频率较高的词之一。但是很多同学在运用该词进行口语交际和书面表达时经常出错。下面就为大家列举一些常见错例，谈谈使用very需要注意的几点。
一. 忌修饰形容词或副词的比较级。修饰形容词或副词的比较级，应借助于下列程度副词：much(……得多)，still(还要，还)，even(更)，far(……得多，大大……)。例如：
1. 吉姆比凯特高得多。
误：Jim is very taller than Kate .
正：Jim is much taller than Kate .
2. 昨天很热，但今天更热。
误：It was hot yesterday , but it is very hotter today .
正：It was hot yesterday , but it is still/even hotter today .
3. 这部电影比那一部好得多。
误：This film is very better than that one .
正：This film is far better than that one .
二. 忌修饰动词。修饰动词必须用a lot , a litte , very much等。例如：
1. 我非常喜欢英语。
误：I very like English .
正：I like English very much .
2. 布朗太太非常喜欢吃肉。
误：Mrs Brown very likes meat .
正：Mrs Brown likes meat a lot .
三. 忌修饰作表语的形容词alive(有活力的，有生气的)，asleep(睡着的)，awake(醒着的，警觉的)，alone(单独的)等。例如：
1. 我此刻非常清醒。
误：I am very awake at the moment .
正：I am wide awake at the moment .
2. 学生们仍在熟睡。
误：The students are still very asleep .
正：The students are still fast asleep .
3. 昨晚这座房子里就我一人。
误：I was very alone in the house last night .
正：I was all alone in the house last night .
四. 忌用来加强副词或介词短语的语气，加强副词或介词短语的语气一般用right，有时用well。very只能用来加强形容词的语气。例如：
1. 我到处找我的钢笔，可它就在我的口袋里。
误：I looked for my pen here and there , but it was very in my pocket .
正：I looked for my pen here and there , but it was right in my pocket .
2. 这本书非常值得一读。
误：This book is very worth reading .
正：This book is well worth reading .
五. 忌修饰“too+形容词/副词”结构，该结构前常用much , all等来加强语气。例如：
1. 这件衬衫我穿起来太大了。
误：This shirt is very too large for me .
正：This shirt is much too large for me .
2. 我们的英语老师讲话太快了。
误：Our English teacher speaks very too fast .
正：Our English teacher speaks all too fast .
六. 忌替代“so…that…”，“too…to…”结构中的so和too。例如：
1. 他年龄非常小，不能去工作。
误：He is very young to go to work .
正：He is too young to go to work .
2. 我非常累，一点也走不动了。
误：I’m very tired that I can’t walk a bit .
正：I’m so tired that I can’t walk a bit .
七. 忌出现在感叹句中，以免与感叹词重复。例如：
1. 多么糟糕的天气啊!
误：What very bad weather !
正：What bad weather !
2. 同学们干得多么带劲啊 !
误：How very hard the students are working !
正：How hard the students are working !
