Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
Key Notes :
Understanding Adverbs:
Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, indicating how, when, where, or to what extent something happens.
Examples: quickly, quietly, very, tomorrow.
Types of Adverbs:
Manner: Describes how something happens (e.g., quickly, slowly).
Time: Indicates when something happens (e.g., yesterday, soon).
Place: Shows where something happens (e.g., here, there).
Degree: Expresses the intensity or extent (e.g., very, quite).
Forming Comparative Adverbs:
- Used to compare the action of two people or things.
- Formed by adding -er to one-syllable adverbs (e.g., fast → faster).
- For adverbs ending in -ly, use more before the adverb (e.g., carefully → more carefully).
- Irregular forms include: well → better, badly → worse.
Forming Superlative Adverbs:
- Used to compare the action of three or more people or things.
- Formed by adding -est to one-syllable adverbs (e.g., fast → fastest).
- For adverbs ending in -ly, use most before the adverb (e.g., carefully → most carefully).
- Irregular forms include: well → best, badly → worst.
Rules for Comparison:
- Use more and most with adverbs of two or more syllables (e.g., more quickly, most quickly).
- Use less and least for negative comparisons (e.g., less frequently, least frequently).
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Adverbs:
Well → Better → Best
Badly → Worse → Worst
Far → Farther/Further → Farthest/Furthest
Usage in Sentences:
Comparative: “She runs faster than her brother.”
Superlative: “He drives most carefully of all his friends.”
Common Mistakes:
Mixing up adjectives and adverbs (e.g., saying “more careful” instead of “more carefully”).
Incorrectly using -er or -est with adverbs that should use more or most.
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