Comparative and Superlative of Adverbs '¢ CENGAGE Learning: ya tt ed Short adverbs | Comparative: adverb + er... than We can get there faster by subway than by car. not ending in “ly fess + adverb + than Traffic moves less fast than usual at rush hour. Superlative: the adverb + -est ‘The express train will get us there the fastest. the least + adverb ‘The express tain is the lesst dificult way to go. Long adverbs | Comparative: more + adverb + than Traffic moves more slowly than the subway. ending in -ly less + adver + than ‘The subway is moving less siowly than trafic ‘Superlative: the most + adverb We can get there the most easily by tax. the least + adverb We can get there the least quickly by waking regular adverbs | Comparative: badly — worse + than | drive worse than you, but he dives the wort (of al. ‘ar-» fartherifurther + than well > better + than Tite -+ lass + than ‘Superlative: badly —> the worst {ar — the farhestfurthest well -+ the best litle — the least | went farther than you, but he went the farthest (of al). She drives better than |, but he drives the best (of all). He works less than you, but she works the least (of all. ‘Look in your dictionary forthe irregular forms, Grammar Caté Copyright © Cengage Learning Not reproducible without written permission of publisher