18.11.2015.

Comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs|EnglishGrammarGuide

Home (/) / English Grammar (/english-grammar/english-grammar-guide/) / Adverbs (/english-grammar/adverbs/)

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE

ADVERBS
With adverbs ending in -ly, you must use more to form the comparative, and most to form the superlative.

Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

quietly

more quietly

most quietly

slowly

more slowly

most slowly

seriously

more seriously

most seriously

EXAMPLES
The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand.
Could you sing more quietly please?

With short adverbs that do not end in -ly comparative and superlative forms are identical to adjectives: add -er to form the comparative and -est to
form the superlative. If the adverb ends in e, remove it before adding the ending.

Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

hard

harder

hardest

fast

faster

fastest

late

later

latest

EXAMPLES
Jim works harder than his brother.
Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran the fastest of all.

Some adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms.

Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

badly

worse

worst

far

farther/further

farthest/furthest

http://www.edufind.com/englishgrammar/comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs/

1/3

18.11.2015.

Comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs|EnglishGrammarGuide

little

less

least

well

better

best

EXAMPLES
The little boy ran farther than his friends.
You're driving worse today than yesterday !
He played the best of any player.

Share this:
(http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300)

(http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300)

(http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300)

(http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300)

(http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300)

ESLLessonPlans
PDFlessonplansforESLteachers.Freesamples.Membership$29.

ABOUT
Edufind is a free database listing all the accredited English schools in 9 countries. Schools are displayed on maps, with exterior photos of every school
building. I do not work with agencies, and there are no fees for either students or schools. I encourage students to leave reviews of the schools they have
attended so that other students can choose the best language school for their needs.
Join me on:

(https://www.facebook.com/edufind) (https://twitter.com/edufind)

POPULAR TOPICS
English schools in Oxford (/uk/oxfordshire/oxford/)
English schools in Cambridge (/uk/cambridgeshire/cambridge/)
English schools in Vancouver (/canada/british-columbia/vancouver/)
English schools in Boston (/usa/massachusetts/boston/)
English schools in Dublin (/ireland/county-dublin/dublin/)
English schools in Auckland (/new-zealand/north-island/auckland/)
English schools in Chicago (/usa/illinois/chicago/)

CHANGE LANGUAGE
English (/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs/)
Espaol (/es/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs/)

http://www.edufind.com/englishgrammar/comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs/

2/3

18.11.2015.

Comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs|EnglishGrammarGuide

Franais (/fr/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs/)
Deutsch (/de/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs/)
Italiano (/it/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs/)
(/ja/english-grammar/comparative-and-superlative-adverbs/)

Contact (/contact/) - Privacy Policy (/privacy-policy/) - School Owners (/school-owners/) - About (/about-us/) - Review Guidelines (/guidelines-studentreviews/) - Terms of Use (/terms-use/) - Copyright Edufind. All rights reserved.

http://www.edufind.com/englishgrammar/comparativeandsuperlativeadverbs/

3/3