7. Give the comparative form of the adverbs in
parenthesis.
1. The boys sang the national anthem
_________(loudly) than the girls.
2. Lito writes _______(neatly) with a pen than a
pencil.
3.The honor pupils read _______(widely) than their
classmates.
4. We eat supper ________(quietly) than you do.
5. Farmer’s work _______(diligently) than teachers.
8. Ramon worked well last Monday.
He worked better last Tuesday.
He worked best today.
9. Like adjectives,when used in comparing actions and descriptions,
adverbs have POSITIVE, COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE
forms.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Fast faster fastest
Hard harder hardest
*Mostly –ly adverbs do this using more or less and most or least
Enthusiastically more enthusiastically most enthusiastically
Recently more recently most recently
Well better best
Much more most
Badly worse worst
11. An adverb tells you more about a verb (doing word)
It tells you where, why, or how much something
happens or is done.
12. Many adverbs are made by adding –ly
onto the end of an adjective.
Kind
The boy kindly carried the old lady’s bags.
Strange
It was strangely quiet in the village.
13. Adverbs can also tell you
when something happens.
Our friends arrivedyesterday.
The holidays will soonbe over.
14. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of adverbs in the
parentheses.
(fast) 1. Emmanuel walks ______ than Ed.
(good) 2. Among the five girls, Daisy knows ______.
(often) 3. Grade VI-Earth student borrow books
_______ than Grade VI-Venus.
(early) 4. Mac wakes up ______ than Baby.
(well) 5. Good children always act _______.
15. assignment
Complete the table on the degrees of comparison in adverbs.
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
badly ___________ __________
_________ better __________
much ___________ __________
soon ___________ __________
_________ ___________ most excitingly
