This document discusses comparative and superlative adverbs. It defines an adverb as a word that modifies verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and sentences. Comparative adverbs compare two actions, people, places or things and are formed by adding "-er" to one-syllable words or "less" or "more" to multi-syllable words. Superlative adverbs compare more than two things and identify the best, with "-est" added to one-syllable words or "most" or "least" added to multi-syllable words. Examples of commonly used comparative and superlative adverbs are provided along with explanatory sentences.

1. ADVERBS!
Comparative & Superlative Adverbs
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2. WHAT IS AN ADVERB?
Let’s recap a lil bit about adverbs...
Modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a
preposition, a phrase, a clause, or a sentence
Used to show degree/manner/time/place
Cool story bro. What does that mean?
Adverbs tell us MORE!
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3. SO, WHAT’S A
COMPARATIVE ADVERB?
What’s it do?
Compares TWO (2) actions, people, places, or things
Why do we use them?
When we want to compare things...
How do we use them?
One syllable: add -er
More than one syllable: add less or more
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4. EXAMPLES OF COMMON
COMPARATIVE ADVERBS
faster
slower
earlier
more quietly
less happily
There’s so many more... please don’t expect me to write them all.
And some examples in sentences...
Ms. McDonough works more quietly than Ms. B does.
Of all the 8th grade teachers, Mrs. Ely drives the most carefully.
Ms. Clukey is quicker than Mr. Jamison.
Mrs. Raymond’s room is brighter than Mrs. Ladner’s.
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5. NICE. WHAT’S A
SUPERLATIVE ADVERB?
What’s it do?
Compares more than 2 actions, people, places, or things
It also labels one of those things as the overall best.
Why do we use them?
To compare more than 2 things... and declares
one of those things the best.
How do we use them?
One syllable: add -est
More than one syllable: add most or least
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6. EXAMPLES OF COMMON
SUPERLATIVE ADVERBS
hardest earliest most happily least carefully fastest
There’s so many more... please don’t expect me to write them all.
And some examples in sentences...
Mrs. Browne gets to work the earliest of all.
Mr. Quinn sings the most happily.
Sra. Myers runs the fastest of all the teachers.
Mrs. Paisley drives the least carefully of all.
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7. DOWN & DIRTY.
Comparative Run Down:
compares 2 things,
one syllable: add -er
more than one syllable: add less or more
Superlative Run Down:
compares more than 2 things (declares one as the best),
one syllable: add -est
more than one syllable: add most or least
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