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Superlative Adverbs

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Superlative Adverbs What are superlative adverbs? Generally, adverbs are used to add more to the meaning of verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. What do they add? They add something more related to time, place, frequency, or manner. Most adverbs have three degrees or forms whose names are positive, comparative, and superlative. Comparative and superlative adverbs compare actions. Definition of Superlative Adverbs What are superlative adverbs? We use a superlative adverb to compare the action of one object with the actions of the whole group. Ali worked the hardest this year.   He got his promotion the soonest in his team. She came at the latest , so she did not enjoy the party.   Formation of Superlative Adverbs To form superlative adverbs, we have three ways. The first one is adding the suffix ‘EST’ to the base adverbs. The second one is using most/least before the adverb.  The last one is the superlative degree of irregular adverbs. Irregular ones ...

Comparative Adverbs

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Comparative Adverbs   What are comparative adverbs? Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They add more information based on time, place, frequency, and manner. Adverbs have usually three forms positive, comparative and superlative. The last two degrees are used for comparison. Here we discuss comparative adverbs, their formation, spelling changes, and examples. Definition of Comparative Adverbs What are comparative adverbs? Comparative adverbs are adverbs that compare the actions of two objects and how they perform. He got his promotion  sooner  than Ali. We don’t work  harder , but  smarter . They came  later , so they did not enjoy the party.   Formation of Compare Adverbs To form comparative adverbs, we have three ways. The first one is adding the suffix ‘ER’ to the base adverbs. The second one is using more/less before the adverb. The third one is related to irregular adverbs. They have their specifi...