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es-Adverbs-Comparisons Adverbs form their comparatives and superlatives in the same way as adjectives. ® Adverbs which have the same form as the ad- jective take -er in the comparative and -est in the superlative. e.g. hard - harder - hardest, early - earlier - earliest © Adverbs formed by adding ly to the adjective take ‘more in the comparative and most in the superlative. 9. caretully - more carefully - most carefully Write the comparative and superiative forms of the following adverbs. responsibly hard fast 1 more responsibly most responsibly 3 4 noisily 5 6 early satisfactorily 14 less further/farther __furthest/farthest Use the prompts below to make sentences, as in the exampl 1 an ostrich / an ow! (big) An ostrich is blager than an owl. 2 gold / silver (expensive) 3 Canada / Brazil (cold) 4 feathers / stones (light) 5 acar/abicycle (las\) Use the prompts below to make sentences, as in the example. a 1 Have you read Sheldon’s new novel? It's exciting, isn’tit? Yeo, it’s the most exciting novel I've ever read. 2 Have you seen the new Harvey fm? It's frightening, isn'tit? 3 Have you met Mary's cousin? She's beautiful, isn't she? 4 Have you tasted my mum's cheesecake? It's deli. cious, isn't it? 5 Have you heard Michael's new record? It's bad, isn't fd in the gaps with the comparative or Fil e superlative form of the adjectives/ adverbs in brackets. ‘A; Excuse me, is there a 1) ...faster... to Clovelly? B: If you take that road, which is 2) (aartow) than the others, i's only 18 minutes’ walk. That's the 3) .. sess (QUICK) way. A: Ah, thanks. We've been walking for 35 minutes and we thought we would get there 4) .. (soon). We can’t even see Clovelly yet B: I's hidden by the trees, they're 5) ae... (tal) than the houses. You'll like Clovelly. I's one of the 6) i (beautiful) villages in north Devon. A: That's what we've heard. It has some of the 7) (pretty) houses, hasn't it? B: Yes, and the 8) (tasty) fish you've ever eaten! A; Thank you very much for your help. Bye. coy 1 Al swims ...faster than... you do. (fast) My sister drives pinata us all, (carelessly) 3. Heft the party 4 Catherine dances all. (beautifully) 5 The leading actress speaks (fast) way to get Fill in the gaps with the comparative or superlative form of the adverbs in brackets, adding any necessary words. -- YOU did. (late) .- all, (clearly) 6 My uncle gives fo the poor .. my father does. (aenerous) 7. dill Thomas works EEE RES all. (hard) 8 My best friend plays chess . Ido. (well)

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