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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. One-syllable adverbs form the comparative with "-er" and the superlative with "-est". Adverbs ending in "-ly" or with three or more syllables use "more" for the comparative and "most" for the superlative. The comparative compares two things and the superlative compares three or more things. Some adverbs, like "badly", form comparisons irregularly.

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. One-syllable adverbs form the comparative with "-er" and the superlative with "-est". Adverbs ending in "-ly" or with three or more syllables use "more" for the comparative and "most" for the superlative. The comparative compares two things and the superlative compares three or more things. Some adverbs, like "badly", form comparisons irregularly.

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. One-syllable adverbs form the comparative with "-er" and the superlative with "-est". Adverbs ending in "-ly" or with three or more syllables use "more" for the comparative and "most" for the superlative. The comparative compares two things and the superlative compares three or more things. Some adverbs, like "badly", form comparisons irregularly.

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    The document discusses the three degrees of comparison in adverbs: positive, comparative, and superlative. One-syllable adverbs form the comparative with "-er" and the superlative with "-est". Adverbs ending in "-ly" or with three or more syllables use "more" for the comparative and "most" for the superlative. The comparative compares two things and the superlative compares three or more things. Some adverbs, like "badly", form comparisons irregularly.

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    There are three degrees of comparison in adverbs – the Positive,

    the Comparative, and the Superlative. The adverbs form their comparatives
    and superlatives using –er and –est , and more and most. Adverbs that end in
    –ly use the words more and most to form their comparatives and
    superlatives.

    The one-syllable adverbs use ‘-er’ in the comparative form, and ‘-est’ in the
    superlative form.

    Positive Comparative Superlative


    early earlier earliest
    fast faster fastest
    hard harder hardest
    high higher highest
    late later latest
    loud louder loudest
    near nearer nearest
    soon sooner soonest

    Adverbs which end in ‘-ly’ or have three or more syllables each form the
    comparative with ‘more’ and the superlative with ‘most’.

    Positive Comparative Superlative


    angrily more angrily most angrily
    brightly more brightly most brightly
    dimly more dimly most dimly
    freely more freely most freely
    gladly more gladly most gladly
    heavily more heavily most heavily
    loudly more loudly most loudly
    quietly more quietly most quietly
    sweetly more sweetly most sweetly
    terribly more terribly most terribly

    The comparative form is used to compare two things.

     We must not reach there later than 7 o’clock.


     You speak more loudly than a loudspeaker.
     Sirius shines more brightly than all the other stars.

    The superlative form is used to compare three or more things.

     He arrived the earliest, so he had to wait for the others.


     Why do you have to speak the most loudly of all at the meeting?

     Of all the girls, your sister sang the most sweetly.

    It is not correct to use –er and more together, or –est and most together.

     The tree is more taller than the giraffe. (Incorrect)


     The tree is taller than the giraffe. (Correct)

     This turkey is the most oldest in the farm. (Incorrect)

     This turkey is the oldest in the farm. (Correct)

    Some adverbs form the comparative and the superlative irregularly.

    Positive Comparative Superlative


    badly worse (than) worst (the)
    far farther farthest
    far further furthest
    little less least
    much/many more most
    well better best

    Sentence examples:
    o Of the two teddy bears, which do you like better?
    o This has to be the farthest I have ever walked in my life.

    more fluent
    o I speak English (fluent) now than last year.
    o She greeted me (polite) of all.
    o She smiled (happy) than before.
    o This girl dances (graceful) of all.
    o Could you write (clear) ?
    o Planes can fly (high) than birds.
    o He had an accident last year. Now, he drives (careful) than
    before.
    o Jim can run (fast) than John.
    o Our team played (bad) of all.
    o He worked (hard) than ever before.

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