Comparative and

Superlative Adverbs
Miss Cinthia Zapata
 What is an adverb?

Adverbs describe verbs, other adverbs or

adjectives.
He works hard.
He runs very fast.
She is extremely polite.
Adverbs usually go after verbs. They can
also go
before verbs (frequency adverbs).
She spoke softly.
 What is an adverb?
We usually form an adverb by adding –ly to
the adjective.
dangerous – dangerously
quick – quickly
terrible – terribly
fluent – fluently
bad – badly
easy – easily
happy – happily
nervous - nervously
 What is an adverb?
Some adverbs have either a totally different
form or the same form as the adjective.
Adjective Adverb
good well
fast fast
hard hard
early early
late late

Note: The following words end in –ly but they

are adjectives: friendly, lonely, silly, ugly.
He is a friendly person.
Exercise 1
Turn the adjectives in brackets into adverbs to
complete the sentences.

1.
loudly
Why are you talking so (loud)___________?
2. It is snowing (heavy)___________
heavily today.
3. The trees are shaking (violent)__________
violently in
the wind.
7. Make sure you drive (careful)__________
today. carefully
8. It’s (fresh)___________ground coffee.
freshly
 Comparative and
Superlative Adverbs
Comparative and Superlative adverbs are
used to show what one thing does better or
worse than the other.

When an adverb ends in -ly, more is put in

front of the adverb.
For example:
"Jill did her homework more frequently."
 Comparative and
Superlative Adverbs
To make the comparative of an adverb
if it has the same form as an adjective
add -er at the end.
For example:
"Jill did her homework faster."
 Comparative and
Superlative Adverbs
The following irregular adverbs are
exceptions to this rule:
'well' becomes 'better'
'badly' becomes 'worse'
'little' becomes 'less'
For example:
"Jill was better."
"Jack was worse."
"To lose weight you need to eat less."
 Comparative and
Superlative Adverbs
When comparing two things you need
to put than between the adverb and
what is being compared.
For example:
"Jill did her homework faster than
Jack."
"Jill did her homework more
frequently than
Jack."
 Comparative and
Superlative Adverbs
-LY carefully more carefully the most More and
Adverbs carefully most are
slowly more slowly the used with
most slowly adverbs
that end in
-ly
One fast faster the The –er and
syllable fastest –est forms
adverbs hard harder the are used
hardest with one
syllable
adverbs.

Irregular well better the

advers best
badly worse the
worse
Fill in the correct adverb form (comparative
or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.

1. I speak Englishmore fluently

(fluent)____________now than last
year. most politely
2. She greeted memore happily
(polite)_____________of all.
3. She smiled most gracefully
(happy)_______________than before.
more clearly
4. This girl dances
(graceful)_____________of all.
6. Planes can fly higher
(high)_______________than birds.

7. He had an accident last year.

more carefully
Now, he drives
faster
(careful)________________than before.
worst
8. Jim can run (fast)______________than
harder
John.

9. Our team played