Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

Comparing actions: faster, more quickly, most carefully

intermediate

When to Use

•Comparing actions: She runs faster than me.
•Comparing how things are done: He speaks more clearly than his brother.
•Superlative actions: She works the hardest of all.
•Irregular forms: He did better than expected.
•With 'than' for comparisons: They arrived earlier than us.

How to Form

Affirmative (+)

Short adverbs: -er/-est (faster, fastest) | Long adverbs: more/most + adverb

Negative (-)

She doesn't run as fast as him. / less quickly

Question (?)

Who works harder?

💡 Short adverbs (fast, hard, early) add -er/-est. Long adverbs (-ly words) use more/most.

Examples

✓She speaks more fluently than her sister.

✗She speaks fluenter than her sister.

Long adverbs (fluently) use 'more', not -er.

✓He runs faster than anyone else.

✗He runs more fast than anyone else.

Short adverbs (fast) add -er, not 'more'.

✓She performed the best of all the candidates.

✗She performed the most well of all the candidates.

Well → better → best (irregular).

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

• Short adverbs: fast → faster → fastest, hard → harder → hardest
• Long adverbs: carefully → more carefully → most carefully
• Irregular: well → better → best, badly → worse → worst
• Early: earlier → earliest (changes y to i)
• Same form as adjective: fast, hard, early, late, high, low

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Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

Comparing actions: faster, more quickly, most carefully

intermediate

When to Use

•Comparing actions: She runs faster than me.
•Comparing how things are done: He speaks more clearly than his brother.
•Superlative actions: She works the hardest of all.
•Irregular forms: He did better than expected.
•With 'than' for comparisons: They arrived earlier than us.

How to Form

Affirmative (+)

Short adverbs: -er/-est (faster, fastest) | Long adverbs: more/most + adverb

Negative (-)

She doesn't run as fast as him. / less quickly

Question (?)

Who works harder?

💡 Short adverbs (fast, hard, early) add -er/-est. Long adverbs (-ly words) use more/most.

Examples

✓She speaks more fluently than her sister.

✗She speaks fluenter than her sister.

Long adverbs (fluently) use 'more', not -er.

✓He runs faster than anyone else.

✗He runs more fast than anyone else.

Short adverbs (fast) add -er, not 'more'.

✓She performed the best of all the candidates.

✗She performed the most well of all the candidates.

Well → better → best (irregular).

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

• Short adverbs: fast → faster → fastest, hard → harder → hardest
• Long adverbs: carefully → more carefully → most carefully
• Irregular: well → better → best, badly → worse → worst
• Early: earlier → earliest (changes y to i)
• Same form as adjective: fast, hard, early, late, high, low

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Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

When to Use

How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

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Comparative and Superlative Adverbs

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How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

💡 Practice Tips

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How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

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How to Form

Examples

Common Mistakes

✗He drives more careful than her.

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✗He works more hard than his colleagues.

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