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Comparative
Superlative
quietly
more quietly
most quietly
slowly
more slowly
most slowly
seriously
more seriously
most
seriously
Examples:
The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand.
Adverb
Comparative
Superlati
ve
hard
harder
hardest
fast
faster
fastest
late
later
latest
Examples:
Jim works harder than his brother.
Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran the fastest of all.
Some adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms.
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
badly
worse
worst
far
farther/further
farthest/furth
est
little
less
least
well
better
best
Examples:
The little boy ran farther than his friends.
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
angrily
more angrily
most angrily
brightly
more brightly
most brightly
dimly
more dimly
most dimly
freely
more freely
most freely
gladly
more gladly
most gladly
heavily
more heavily
most heavily
loudly
more loudly
most loudly
quietly
more quietly
most quietly
sweetly
more sweetly
most sweetly
terribly
more terribly
most terribly
1. Fast
2. Well
3. Carefully
4. Often
5. Badly
6. Hard
7. Clearly
8. Little
9. Much
10.
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Exercise 3 Form adverbs from the following adjectives:
1. Perfect _____________________
10.
Terr _____________________
2. Quiet
________
ible
________
3. Careful _____________________
11.
Hea _____________________
4. Regula
vy
________
________
r
12.
Goo
_____________________
_____________________
5. Nice
d
________
6. Probab ________
13.
Har
_____________________
_____________________
le
d
________
________
7. True
14.
Fant
_____________________
_____________________
8. Sad
astic
9. happy
________
15.
Fast ________
_____________________
16.
Ang _____________________
________
________
ry
_____________________
17.
Bus _____________________
________
________
y
18.
corr _____________________
_____________________
ect
________
________
_____________________
________
_____________________
________
12.
Jo is the ________________ (good) footballer in my team and he plays very
______________ (fair).
Exercise 7 Complete each sentence with the correct form of the adverb that
is in parentheses.
1. Our father arrived home _______________ than the rest of the family. (late)
2. My sister sang ____________________________ than Amanda did. (beautifully)
3. Your husband, Ken, writes ____________________________ of all. (well)
4. Mrs. Henderson speaks ____________________________ than Mrs. Alarcon. (clearly)
5. Mother prepares turkey ____________________________ than Father does. (well)
6. Alexander and Peter work ____________________________ of all the boys. (hard)
7. He checked his answers ____________________________ than she did. (carefully)
8. Angelica speaks Spanish ____________________________ of all the students. (correctly)
9. Percy talks ____________________________ than Jennifer. (frequently)
10. She danced ____________________________ of all. (gracefully)
11. This math test was ____________________________ than the last one. (hard)
12. I did my homework ____________________________ than my brother. (fast)
Exercise 8 Choose the best option:
1. She (quickly, quick) adjusted the fees. She adapted (quick, quickly) to any
situation.
2. Her voice sounds (beautifully, beautiful). She sang the song (exact, exactly) as it
was written. We heard it (perfectly, perfect).
3. Talk (softly, soft) or don't talk at all. The music played (softly, soft).
4. Andrea knows the material very (good, well). She always treats us (good, well).
5. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash
basis.
6. She worked (careful, carefully) with the sick child. She was a very (careful,
carefully) worker.
7. The gas smelled (dangerously, dangerous).
Exercise 9 Choose the best option:
1. Each of the boys have/has a toy.
2. Either of the knives cut/cuts well
3. One of the ladies is/are married.
4. Every one of us know/knows that.
5. Neither of the brothers was/were
present.
6. Not one of the girls has/have come.
7. The boy, with several others,
was/were late for school.
8. Alice, like Rose, is/are tall for her age.
9. Tom, as well as Fred, rises/rise early in
the morning.
10. The cat and the dog was/were
great friends.
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