{"id":73663,"date":"2020-04-02T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T12:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=73663"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:29:49","slug":"comparison-of-adverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/comparison-of-adverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison Of Adverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just like adjectives, adverbs also recognise three <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/degrees-of-comparison.htm\">degrees of comparison<\/a>. Adverbs of one or two syllables form their comparative and superlative forms by adding -er and -est to the positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>fast, faster, fastest<\/li><li>late, later, latest<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/manner-adverbs.htm\">Manner adverbs<\/a> which end in <strong>-ly<\/strong> form their comparative and superlative with <strong>more and most.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Carefully, more carefully, most carefully<\/li><li>Intelligently, more intelligently, most intelligently<\/li><li>Kindly, more kindly, most kindly<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comparison of Adverbs Worksheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in the blanks using an adverb of the appropriate degree of comparison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They arrived &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. than us. (early)<\/li><li>She will discover the truth &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; or &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (soon, late)<\/li><li>She fully recovered &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. than expected. (soon)<\/li><li>I can jump &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; than you. (high)<\/li><li>I &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. need some rest. (badly)<\/li><li>Jaipur is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; away than Mumbai. (far)<\/li><li>This restaurant is &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; than that. (expensive)<\/li><li>She finished the job &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. than I did. (quickly)<\/li><li>Can you run &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..? (fast)<\/li><li>If he was driving &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;., he would not have this accident. (carefully)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Answers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>They arrived <strong>earlier<\/strong> than us.<\/li><li>She will discover the truth <strong>sooner or later.<\/strong><\/li><li>She fully recovered <strong>sooner <\/strong>than expected.<\/li><li>I can jump <strong>higher<\/strong> than you.<\/li><li>I <strong>badly<\/strong> need some rest.<\/li><li>Jaipur is<strong> farther<\/strong> away than Mumbai.<\/li><li>This restaurant is <strong>less expensive \/ more expensive <\/strong>than that.<\/li><li>She finished the job <strong>more quickly<\/strong> than I did.<\/li><li>Can you run <strong>faster?<\/strong><\/li><li>If he was driving <strong>more carefully<\/strong>, he would not have this accident. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>See Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/grammar\/adverbs-comparison.htm\">Comparison of Adverbs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like adjectives, adverbs also recognise three degrees of comparison. 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