Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adverbs

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In today's Grammar HELP! Student Handbook - Online! lesson we focus on how to form the comparative and the superlative forms of an adverb. 

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How do you form the comparative form of an adverb?

To the adverb form, add "more ~ than". 

base form -->  
quick --> We left quickly.
   
  Add more ~ly than
comparative We left more quickly than we had arrived.
   
base form  
serious He was seriously injured.
   
comparative Add more ~ ly than
  He was more seriously injured than the others were.
  He was injured more seriously than the others were.
   
base form
heavy She was crying heavily.
comparative Add more ~ ly than
She was crying more heavily over this loss than I had ever seen her cry.
He was injured more seriously than the others were.
   
Exceptions  
good --> We did well.
comparative We did better than we had done before.
   
bad --> We did badly on the test.
We did worse on this test than we had done in the first one.

Next... Superlative Forms of Adverbs

 Continue with us for our next lesson, "Superlative Forms of Adverbs".

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