Comparative Adverbs
"Quick" as a comparative adverb:
(more) quickly or quicker
He runs more quickly than his brother.
"Hard" is a short adverb, it changes to:
harder
This homework assignment is harder than the last.
We don't say more hard.
"Well" is an irregular adverb, it changes to:
better
We add "more" before:
More...
adverbs ending in -ly
More gracefully
More carefully
It does everything (well) than before.
better - comparative adverb
"Careful" as a comparative adverb:
more carefully
He writes more carefully now since his boss yelled at him.
"fast" is a short adverb, it changes to:
faster
His car is faster than his friend's car.
We don't say fastly!
"Badly" is an irregular adverb, it changes to:
worse
We add "er" to:
short adverbs
faster, quicker, louder, quieter
Jan finished her chores in 10 minutes.
John finished his chores in 20 minutes.
Jan does her chores _____ than John.
more quickly - comparative adverb
"Clear" as a comparative adverb:
more clearly or clearer
I see things more clearly now that I have 8 hours of sleep.
They called us _____ in the afternoon. (late)
later
We don't use lately!
Lately means the immediate past, a period of time that wasn't too long ago
"wrong" as an adverb:
wrongly
She ran more fastly than her friend.
She ran FASTER than her friend.
Fastly is NOT a word.
For fast we don't say more fast.
His grades are (bad) this semester than they were last semester.
worse - compartive adjective
"Quiet" as a comparative adverb:
more quietly
She speaks more quietly than her brother.
We answered all the questions _____ than the other students. (well)
better
True or False: "Lately" is the adverb form of "late".
False.
Lately means "recently"
Late means tardy.
Correct this sentence:
He is working more badly than he did last semester.
He is working worse than he did last semester.
OR He is working more poorly than he did last semester.
He arrived _____ than expected. (early)
earlier - comparative adverb
"Loud" as a comparative adverb:
Loudly or louder
He is louder than his sister.
I speak English _____ (fluent) now than last year.
Comparative adverb.
more fluently
True or False: Good as an adverb is "goodly"
False.
Modify "anger" so that it becomes an adverb.
angrily
John is a _____ walker than Mike. (slow)
slower - comparative adjective