Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs

Key Notes:

🌟 Form and Use Comparative and Superlative Adverbs 🌟

👉 Adverbs tell us how, when, or where an action happens.

Example:

  • She runs quickly. 🏃‍♀️💨
  • He sings beautifully. 🎤🎶

We use them to show more or less of an action.

  • Form: add -er or use more/less + adverb
    Examples:
  • She runs faster than her friend. 🏃‍♀️➡️🏃‍♂️
  • He spoke more politely than yesterday. 🤵💬

We use them to show the highest or lowest degree.

  • Form: add -est or use most/least + adverb
    Examples:
  • Of all the players, Riya runs fastest. 🏆
  • She answered most confidently in class. 🏅🎓

One-syllable adverbs → add -er / -est

  • fast → faster → fastest

Adverbs ending in -ly → use more / most

  • quickly → more quickly → most quickly

Irregular adverbs 🚨

  • well → better → best
  • badly → worse → worst
  • far → farther/further → farthest/furthest
  • Today she danced better than yesterday. 💃
  • Among all, he drove worst in the race. 🚗💥
  • The bird flew higher than the kite. 🐦🪁
  • This student wrote most neatly in the test. ✍️📄
  • ✔️ Use comparative adverbs when comparing TWO.
  • ✔️ Use superlative adverbs when comparing THREE or more.
  • ✔️ Be careful with irregular forms.

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