Comparative adverbs
Level: beginner
We can use comparative adverbs to show change or make comparisons:
I forget things more often nowadays.
She began to speak more quickly.
They are working harder now.
We often use than with comparative adverbs:
I forget things more often than I used to.
Girls usually work harder than boys.
Level: intermediate
We use these words and phrases as intensifiers with comparatives:
| much | far | a lot | quite a lot |
| a great deal | a good deal | a good bit | a fair bit |
I forget things much more often nowadays.
We use these words and phrases as mitigators:
| a bit | slightly | rather |
| a little | a little bit | just a little bit |
She began to speak a bit more quickly.
Level: beginner
Superlative adverbs
We can use superlative adverbs to make comparisons:
His ankles hurt badly, but his knees hurt worst.
It rains most often at the beginning of the year.
Level: intermediate
We use these words and phrases as intensifiers with superlatives:
| easily | by far | much |
When we intensify a superlative adverb, we often put the in front of the adverb:
In our office, Jill works by far the hardest.
Of the three brothers, Brian easily runs the fastest.
Level: beginner
How to form comparative and superlative adverbs
We make comparative and superlative adverbs using the same rules as for comparative and superlative adjectives. For example:
| One syllable: Jill works fast. | > | faster | > | fastest |
| One syllable ending in –e: They arrived late. | > | later | > | latest |
| Two or more syllables: Alan finished the test quickly. | > | more quickly | > | most quickly |
| well: She speaks English well. | > | better | > | best |
| badly: She speaks German badly. | > | worse | > | worst |
| far: He'll go far. | > | farther/further | > | farthest/furthest |
- Comparative adverbs 1
- Comparative adverbs 2
- Superlative adverbs 1
- Superlative adverbs 2
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