1. Comparative and Superlative….Adverbs: Sound Familiar?
By: The Most Interestingly Handsome Mr. Barg

2. Adverbs?
What is an adverb?
What does it do?

3. Adverbs
An adverb tells more about the verb, such as how, when, and where an action takes place

4. Examples We went to the park together. Together = how
We moved freely through the hallways.
Freely = how
Tomorrow we will go to the museum.
Tomorrow = when
We have to travel far to find food.
Far = where

5. Today… We are going to take adverbs a step further.
We are going to talk about comparative and superlative adverbs
Wait a second….

6. Yes…but… We talked about comparative and superlative adjectives
Comparative and superlative adverbs are a lot like comparative and superlative adjectives.
They both compare things
However, it is all in how you use them.
Remember, adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs

7. Examples: Lily is faster than Ally. Lily is a noun
Gabriel ran faster than David. Ran is a verb
He got a good score on the test. Score is a noun
He did well on the test Did is a verb

8. Comparative Adverbs…
The comparative form of an adverb compares two actions.
Just like adjectives…
Short adverbs will use –er at the end.
Long adverbs will use more or less

9. Comparative Examples…
The students listened more attentively tonight than last night.
More attentively tells us how the audience listened in comparison to last night.

10. Superlative Adverbs…
Just like superlative adjectives, superlative adverbs compare more than two actions.
Use –est at the end of most short adverbs.
Use most/least in front of longer adverbs.

11. Superlative Adverb Example…
Last Sunday’s audience responded most enthusiastically of all.
Most enthusiastically is telling us how the audience responded in comparison to all the other nights.

12. Some Adverbs are tricky…
Some Irregular Adverbs…
Well
Better
Best
Badly
Worse
Worst
Little (amount)
Less
Least

13. Exercise A
In the following slide, tell me the comparative and superlative form of each adverb.

14. Exercise A
Tenderly
Fast
Little
Easily
Violently
Rapidly
close

15. Review… A comparative adverb compares two actions.
Use –er or more/less to compare two actions.
A superlative adverb compares more than two actions.
Use –est or most/least to compare more than two actions…

16. Adverb Fun!