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副词比较级

The document provides a guide on forming adverbs from adjectives, primarily by adding -ly. It explains the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs, indicating that -ly adverbs use 'more' and 'most' for comparisons, while short adverbs add -er or -est. Additionally, it includes practice exercises for rewriting adjectives as adverbs and converting between comparative and superlative forms.

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副词比较级

The document provides a guide on forming adverbs from adjectives, primarily by adding -ly. It explains the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs, indicating that -ly adverbs use 'more' and 'most' for comparisons, while short adverbs add -er or -est. Additionally, it includes practice exercises for rewriting adjectives as adverbs and converting between comparative and superlative forms.

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Mak ing Comparisons

with Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

● Most adverbs are formed


by adding the -ly to the end of the adjective.

adjective adverb adjective adverb

careful carefully happy happily


slow slowly angry angrily
quick quickly easy easily
sad sadly
full fully
possible possibly dull dully
simple simply
able ably good well

fast fast
hard hard
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early early Mr. O carefully.
late late drives

true truly
● Adverbs that end in -ly, use more for the comparative

Making Comparisons with Adverbs


and most for the superlative.

● In general, comparative and superlative forms of adverbs


are the same as for adjectives:
add -er or -est to short adverbs

Comparative Superlative Sentences

more slowly the most slowly Hank speaks more slowly than Owen.
more quickly the most quickly Hank speaks the most slowly of all.

harder the hardest Tom studied harder than Shawn.

faster the fastest


earlier the earliest

later the latest Tom studied the hardest of all.

Doris dances better than I do.


better the best
Doris dances the best of all.
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L ractice
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Rewrite each adjective as an adverb.

1 lucky

2 busy

3 sweet

4 late

5 nervous

6 good

Fill in the correct adverb form(comparative or superlative)


of the adjectives in brackets.

[Example] I speak English (fluent) more fluently now than last year.

1 He looked (angry) than I thought.


1
2 She greeted me (polite) of all.

3 Shawn reads (careful) of all.

4 We can see 3

the mountains (clear) .

4
T r y M o r e

Making Comparisons with Adverbs


Rewrite the sentences from comparative
adverbial form to superlative adverbial form.

[Example] Penny walks more slowly than Benny.


Penny walks the most slowly of all.

1 Gordon plays harder than I do.

2 Joanna sings better than us.

3 Shawn comes to school earlier than any of us.

4 Doris speaks more fluently than Gordon.

5 Shawn writes more quickly than Joanna does.


T r y M o r e
Complete each sentence using adverbs.

[Example] (late) Joanna got home later than Shawn.

1 (quickly) I finished my homework

______________________ Doris.

2 (beautifully) Michelle sings

______________________ Doris.

3 (carefully) He cooks
______________________ than I.

4 (early) The Andersons arrived

at the party ______________________ of all.

5 (slowly) A snail moves

______________________ a crab.
Making Comparisons with Adverbs
Oral practice
In groups, ask and answer question using the adverbs
in the box.

easily / quickly / badly / fast

A What are you good at?


B I read really fast.

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