Comparative and Superlative 2

A. Comparative and Superlative with adverbs

Quando il comparativo e il superlativo relativo riguardano un avverbio invece di un aggettivo, seguite le seguenti regole: When the comparative and superlative concern an adverb instead of an adjective, observe the following rules: 1. With LY adverbs (adverbs formed from adjectives by adding -ly to the end) we get the comparative and superlative forms with more and the most. Con gli avverbi che si ottengono aggiungendo ly, formiamo il comparativo e il superlativo con more e the most. Ad e!tive quiet rapid happy Adverb quietly rapidly happily Comparative Adverb more quietly more rapidly more happily Superlative Adverb the most quietly the most rapidly the most happily

oday !ar" wor"s more happily than yesterday. #ucy wal"s the most rapidly of all the girls in the group. !a$ wor"s more "uietly than %teve does. &eff wor"s the most "uietly of all the students. 'osy drives more !arefully than !ary does. (f the three girls, 'osy is the one who drives the most !arefully. #. With other Adverbs. With the adverbs which have the same form as the adjective, we add -er to form the comparative and the -est to form the superlative. )on gli avverbi che hanno la stessa forma dell*aggettivo, si aggiunge -er per formare il comparativo e the -est per formare il superlativo. Ad e!tive hard fast early Adverb hard fast early Comparative Adverb harder faster earlier Superlative Adverb the hardest the fastest the earliest

!a$, wor" harder+ ,hilip wor"s the hardest. #ucy runs faster than !ary. #ucy runs the fastest of all the girls in the team. &ohn gets up earlier than me. -mong us &ohn gets up the earliest. $rregular Adverbs. Ad e!tive good bad far Adverb well badly far Comparative Adverb better worse .arther/further Superlative Adverb the best the worst the farthest/furthest

%teve plays chess better than &ac".

%teve plays chess the best. !y team did worse on the test than yours. (n that test, my team did the worst in the school. ed threw the javalin farther than 0ob. ed threw the javalin the farthest of all.

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Quando il comparativo e il superlativo relativo riguardano un sostantivo usiamo sempre more& the most: When the comparative and superlative concern a noun& we always use more& the most: 1 have more boo's than you. his is the boo"shop which has the most boo's in town. )leo has more savings than 1rene

Comparative and Superlative with nouns

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Quando il comparativo e il superlativo relativo riguardano un verbo usiamo sempre more& the most: When the comparative and superlative concern a verb& we always use more& the most: 2ou need to wal' more if you want to "eep fit. 3reg studies more than me. ,aul is the one who spends the most.

Comparative and Superlative with verbs

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1. o say that something is changing continuously (progressive comparisons): ,er esprimere un*a4ione in continuo cambiamento (sempre pi56): om became angrier and angrier. om became more and more an$ious. he stars grew brighter and brighter. he stars grew more and more brilliant. he plane flew higher and higher. he team performer better and better. 7e solved the problems more and more easily. We visited them more and more frequently. 7e solved the problems less and less easily. We visited them less and less frequently 1t*s becom"ing more and more difficult to find a job. 2our 8nglish is improving. 1t*s getting better and better. hese days more and more people are learning 8nglish.

#. We use the construction )*he ...& the ...+ to say that as one thing changes, another thing also changes: 9siamo la costru4ione )*he ...& the ...+ (quanto pi56tanto pi56/ pi56pi56) per dire che quando una cosa cambia, ne cambia anche un*altra: *he *he *he *he *he *he *he *he warmer the weather, the better 1 feel. sooner we leave, the sooner we will arrive. younger you are, the easier it is to learn. more e,pensive is the hotel, the better the service. more electricity you use, the higher your bill will be. more they eat, the fatter they get. faster we wal"ed, the warmer we felt. more 1 scold her, the worse she behaves.

-. 1n 8nglish, the superlative referring to only two objects or persons is e$pressed by )the . !omparative+. 1n inglese, il superlativo relativo riferito a due sole cose o persone si rende con il !omparativo preceduto dall/arti!olo. Which is the more interesting of these two boo"s: his is the shorter of the two tests. %he is the taller of the two girls. he first one is the more boring of the two films. 0. Wat!h out1 !ary is taller than me. !ary is taller than $ am. 0oth sentences are correct. 2ou use the sub e!t personal pronouns after than only when it is followed by a verb, otherwise we use the !omplement personal pronouns. 8ntrambi le frasi sono corrette. %i usano i pronomi personali soggetto dopo il than solo quando sono seguiti dal verbo, altrimenti si usano i pronomi personali !omplemento.

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