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Making Comparisons With Adverbs

This document discusses how to use adverbs in comparative and superlative forms to compare actions. It explains that the comparative form uses "-er" or "more" to compare two actions, while the superlative form uses "-est" or "most" to compare three or more actions. Examples are provided to illustrate comparing actions with adverbs like "jumps higher than" and "will usually attack the fastest".

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Making Comparisons With Adverbs

This document discusses how to use adverbs in comparative and superlative forms to compare actions. It explains that the comparative form uses "-er" or "more" to compare two actions, while the superlative form uses "-est" or "most" to compare three or more actions. Examples are provided to illustrate comparing actions with adverbs like "jumps higher than" and "will usually attack the fastest".

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Making

Comparisons With
Adverbs
Use the
Comparative
Form • of an adverb
when you
compare two
actions.
• of an adverb
Use the when you
Superlative compare
Form... three or more
actions.
Like • Adverbs can
adjectives... be changed
to the
comparative
or
superlative
form.
Because... • they also are
describing
words.

This is cool, huh ?


• The
Like comparative
adjectives form
too... compares
one action
with another.
.. .
pl e • Jeff jumps
a m higher than
Ex
Emmanuel.
• Verodia
learns faster
than Omar.
• when you
Use the compare
superlative three or
form... more
actions.
• Of the three insects:
yellow jackets,
Example...

bumblebees, and
wasps; yellow
jackets will usually
attack the fastest.
3 Ways
• to form the
comparative
and superlative
forms.
#1

• Most short
adverbs, add -er
and -est.
• Most adverbs
that end in -ly,
#2 simply use the
word more or
most up front.
• Some adverbs
change
completely to the
comparative and
superlative forms.
#3

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