Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs

Key Notes :

🌈✨ Form and Use Comparative and Superlative Adverbs ✨🌈

🔹 What are Adverbs?

👉 Adverbs describe how, when, where, or to what extent an action happens.

Examples:

• She runs quickly. 🏃‍♀️💨
• He spoke softly. 🎤

🔹 Comparative Adverbs

👉 Used to compare two actions.
🔑 Rule: Add -er or use more/less before the adverb.

✅ Examples:

• Riya sings more beautifully 🎶 than Meena.
• He ran faster 🏃‍♂️ than his friend.

⭐ Signal words: than, compared to

🔹 Superlative Adverbs

👉 Used to compare three or more actions.
🔑 Rule: Add -est or use most/least before the adverb.

✅ Examples:

• Out of all players, Arun played the most skillfully ⚽.
• She finished the test fastest 📝.

⭐ Signal words: of all, among, the best

🔹 Rules to Remember 📘✨

1. If adverb is one syllable → add -er / -est

• fast → faster → fastest 🚀

2. If adverb ends with -ly → use more / most

• quickly → more quickly → most quickly 💨

3. Some irregular adverbs change completely:

• well → better → best 👍
• badly → worse → worst 👎

🌟 Quick Examples

• She danced more gracefully 💃 than the others.
• He answered the most politely 😊 in class.
• Among all runners, Tina ran the fastest 🏅.

🎯 Tip for Students

👉 Always check if you are comparing two (comparative) or more than two (superlative)!

✨ Comparative = 2️⃣ things
✨ Superlative = 3️⃣ or more things

Let’s practice!