Comparative and
Superlative….Adverbs:
Sound Familiar?
By: The Most Interestingly
Handsome Mr. Barg
Adverbs?
• What is an adverb?
• What does it do?
Adverbs
• An adverb tells more about the
verb, such as how, when, and where an
action takes place
Examples
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We went to the park together.
Together = how
We moved freely through the hallways.
Freely = how
Tomorrow we will go to the museum.
Tomorrow = when
We have to travel far to find food.
Far = where
Today…
• We are going to take adverbs a step further.
• We are going to talk about comparative and
superlative adverbs
• Wait a second….
Yes…but…
• We talked about comparative and superlative
adjectives
• Comparative and superlative adverbs are a lot like
comparative and superlative adjectives.
• They both compare things
• However, it is all in how you use them.
• Remember, adjectives modify nouns or pronouns.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
Examples:
• Lily is faster than Ally. Lily is a noun
• Gabriel ran faster than David. Ran is a verb
• He got a good score on the test. Score is a noun
• He did well on the test. Did is a verb
Comparative Adverbs…
• The comparative form of an adverb compares two
actions.
• Just like adjectives…
• Short adverbs will use –er at the end.
• Long adverbs will use more or less
Comparative Examples…
• The students listened more attentively tonight than
last night.
• More attentively tells us how the audience listened
in comparison to last night.
Superlative Adverbs…
• Just like superlative adjectives, superlative adverbs
compare more than two actions.
• Use –est at the end of most short adverbs.
• Use most/least in front of longer adverbs.
Superlative Adverb Example…
• Last Sunday’s audience responded most
enthusiastically of all.
• Most enthusiastically is telling us how the
audience responded in comparison to all the
other nights.
Some Adverbs are tricky…
Some Irregular Adverbs…
Well
Better
Best
Badly
Worse
Worst
Little (amount)
Less
Least
Exercise A
• In the following slide, tell me the comparative and
superlative form of each adverb.
Exercise A
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Tenderly
Fast
Little
Easily
Violently
Rapidly
close
Review…
• A comparative adverb compares two actions.
• Use –er or more/less to compare two actions.
• A superlative adverb compares more than two
actions.
• Use –est or most/least to compare more than two
actions…
Adverb Fun!