very作为副词, 汉语意思是“很”或“非常”。尽管very是个较常用的词, 但是很多学生还是不能正确地使用它。下面就very的主要用法作一归纳。
　　1. very可修饰形容词和副词的原级或最高级，不修饰比较级。修饰比较级常用much, far, even, rather等。例如:
　　①He plays football very well. 他足球踢得很好。
　　②She is one of the very best teachers in our city.
　　她是我们市里最好的老师之一。
　　③The population of China is much larger than that of America.
　　中国人口比美国人口多得多。
　　2. very不修饰现在分词和过去分词,但可修饰由它们转化来的形容词。例如:
　　①The book is very interesting. 这本书非常有趣。
　　②What the teacher said was very inspiring.
　　老师说的话非常鼓舞人心。
　　③That was a very frightened elephant. 那是一头极度受惊的大象。
　　④I am very pleased to see you. 见到你很高兴。
　　3. very一般不修饰某些表语形容词alike, asleep, sure, worth, awake, alone, alive, afraid等。而常用well, quite, fast, much等其它副词。例如:
　　①The two brothers are very much alike and we can’t tell them apart.
　　这两个兄弟长得很像,我们很难区分他们。
　　②The film is well worth seeing. 这部电影很值得一看。
　　③They feel quite sure that they will win the game.
　　他们很有把握赢这次比赛。
　　4. very不修饰某些类别形容词right, direct, empty, free, full, open, proper, real, single, wrong等。而常用quite, rather, too等其它副词。例如:
　　①Our answer is not quite right. 我们的回答并不十分正确。
　　②The theatre was not quite full. 戏院尚未全满。
　　③Your son’s manner is rather free in the presence of his teachers.
　　你儿子在老师面前举止未免太随便了。
　　5. very不修饰动词,而常用much, very much, quite等其它副词。例如:
　　①They trusted their own sense of touch very much.
　　他们非常相信自己的触觉。
　　②He went much to the park on weekends. 他周末常去公园。
　　6. very一般不修饰介词短语,而常用much, quite等其它副词。例如:
　　①They completed the project much on their own.
　　他们全靠自己完成了那项工程。
　　②A lamp was hanging quite over the table.
　　一盏灯就悬在桌子上方。
　　7. very可用作形容词,有“真正的,正是……的,十足的”等意。例如:
　　①You are the very person I want to see. 你正是我要见的人。
　　②I will do it this very afternoon. 我就在今天下午办这件事。
　　③He is a very fool. 他是个十足的傻瓜。