Use adverbs to compare
Key Notes :
You can use adverbs to compare actions.
Comparative adverbs compare how two actions are done.
Superlative adverbs compare how more than two actions are done.
🤔 For adverbs that have one syllable, add –er to make the comparative adverb. Add –est to make the superlative adverb.
| Base | Comparative | Superlative |
| Soon | Sooner | Soonest |
🤔 For adverbs that have more than one syllable, add more to make the comparative adverb. Add most to make the superlative adverb.
| Base | Comparative | Superlative |
| Safely | More Safely | Most Safely |
🤔 For the adverb early, drop y. Add -it to make the comparative adverb. Add -it to make the superlative adverb.
| Base | Comparative | Superlative |
| early | earlier | earliest |
Learn with an example
⏲️ Complete the sentence with the correct form of the adverb.
⏲️ Albertcomes up with jokes the _______of all the boys.
- more easily
- most easily
- More easily uses the word more. It is a comparative adverb. It compares how two actions are done.
- Most easily uses the word most. It is a superlative adverb. It compares how more than two actions are done.
- The sentence compares how Albert comes up with jokes and how the other boys come up with jokes. More than two actions are compared. So, use the superlative adverb most easily.
⏲️ Complete the sentence with the correct form of the adverb.
⏲️ Now look _____, and you’ll be able to see the hidden answer.
- closer
- closest
- Closer ends in -er. It is a comparative adverb. It compares how two actions are done.
- Closest ends in -est. It is a superlative adverb. It compares how more than two actions are done.
- The sentence compares how you looked before and how you should look now. Two actions are compared. So, use the comparative adverb closer.
⏲️ Complete the sentence with the correct form of the adverb.
⏲️ The young horse ran the ________of the herd.
- slower
- slowest
- Slower ends in -er. It is a comparative adverb. It compares how two actions are done.
- The slowest ends in -est. It is a superlative adverb. It compares how more than two actions are done.
- The sentence compares how the young horse ran and how the rest of the herd ran. More than two actions are compared. So, use the superlative adverb slowest.
Let’s practice!🖊️
