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Adverbs

The document discusses the formation of comparative and superlative adverbs from adjectives in three types: -ly adverbs add "more" and "most"; adverbs that retain the adjective form add "-er" and "-est"; irregular adverbs like "well" and "badly" also have irregular comparatives and superlatives. Examples are provided to illustrate the different types of adverb formations and their comparative and superlative forms.

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Adverbs

The document discusses the formation of comparative and superlative adverbs from adjectives in three types: -ly adverbs add "more" and "most"; adverbs that retain the adjective form add "-er" and "-est"; irregular adverbs like "well" and "badly" also have irregular comparatives and superlatives. Examples are provided to illustrate the different types of adverb formations and their comparative and superlative forms.

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-ly Adverbs.

With LY adverbs (adverbs formed from adjectives by adding -ly to the end) we form the
comparative and superlative forms with more and most.
Comparative

Superlative

Adverb

Adverb

quietly

more quietly

most quietly

careful

carefully

more carefully

most carefully

happy

happily

more happily

most happily

Adjective

Adverb

quiet

Jeff works more quietly than Steve does.

Jeff works the most quietly of all the students.

Mary drives more carefully than John does.

Of the three drivers, Mary drives the most carefully.

Steve works more happily than he used to.

Mary sings the most happily of all the girls in the group.
Other Adverbs.
For adverbs which retain the same form as the adjective form, we add -er to form the
comparative and -est to form the superlative.
Comparative

Superlative

Adverb

Adverb

hard

harder

hardest

fast

fast

faster

fastest

early

early

earlier

earliest

Adjective

Adverb

hard

Please work harder.

Steve gets to work earlier than I do.

Steve works the hardest.

Steve gets to work the earliest of

Mary runs faster than John does.

Mary runs the fastest of all the

all.

runners on the team.

Irregular Adverbs.
Comparative

Superlative

Adverb

Adverb

well

better

best

badly

worse

worst

Adjective

Adverb

good
bad

Adjective

Adverb

far

far

Comparative

Superlative

Adverb

Adverb

farther/further

farthest/furthest

John plays tennis better than Jack

does.

class.
On our tennis team, John plays

tennis the best.


I did worse on the test than Bart

did.

On that test, I did the worst in the

My paper airplane flew farther than


yours did.

My paper airplane flew


the farthest of all.

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