Adverbs and comparative adverbs

 We use adverbs to describe verbs — they say how an action is or was performed.

She shouted angrily. Run quickly!

They got to the theatre early.

We can also use adverbs before adjectives.

It was really cold on Sunday.

The coffee was incredibly hot, so I couldn’t drink it.

 Most adverbs are formed by adjective + -ly.

slow ➞ slowly      nice ➞ nicely

If the adjective ends in -le, we drop the -e and add -y.

incredible ➞ incredibly       possible ➞ possibly

If the adjective ends in consonant + -y we change the -y to -i and add -ly.

angry ➞ angrily       lucky ➞ luckily

hungry ➞ hungrily

 Some adverbs are irregular – they don’t have an -ly ending.

good ➞ well       early ➞ early       hard ➞ hard

fast ➞ fast       late ➞ late

 To compare adverbs, we use the same rules as we do when we compare adjectives. With short
adverbs, we add -er or -r, and than after the adverb.

I worked hard, but Sue worked harder than me!

 With longer adverbs, we use more (+ adverb) + than.

She does things more easily than me.

 To compare the adverb well, we use better ... than. To compare the adverb far, we

use further ... than.

He cooks better than me.

London to Mumbai is further than London to New York.