Comparative and Superlative
of Adverbs
Objective: Used to make comparison
• Comparative form of an adverb is used to compare two things.
• Superlative form of an Adverb is used to compare more than two
things.
Adverbs can take comparative and superlative forms
with
-er
-est
• Sally works hard.
Comparative: Sally works harder than Steve
Superlative : Among Sally, Steve and Sue, Sally works the hardest
Adverbs ending with –ly, add
Comparative: more
Superlative : most
• The bird sings loudly
Comparative: The children sing more loudly than the bird.
Superlative: Of all three Pete sings the most loudly.
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
Early
Earlier(than)
The Earliest
Far
Farther/ Further(than)
The farthest/ the Furthest
Hard
Harder(than)
The hardest
High
Higher(than)
The highest
Low
Lower(than)
The lowest
Late
Near
Later(than)
Nearer(than)
The Latest
The Nearest
Irregular Adverbs
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
Badly
worse
worst
much
more
most
little
less
least
well
better
best