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8. Degrees of Comparison

Some adverbs like adjectives have degrees of comparison and they are formed in the same
way.

Read the given examples :

(i) Jasmeet ran fast .

(ii) Jasmeet ran faster than Ishita.

(iii) Jasmeet ran fastest among them all.

In the above sentences, 'faster' and 'fastest' are the comparative and superlative
degrees formed by adding '-er' and '-est' to the adverb fast.

Adverbs of one syllabus form their degrees by adding '-er ' and '-est ' respectively.

Positive Comparative Superlative

fast faster fastest
near nearer nearest

soon sooner soonest

loud louder loudest

big bigger biggest

-ly
Adverbs ending in ' ' or '-lly ' form their degrees by adding 'more ' and 'most '.
Positive Comparative Superlative

happily more happily most happily

wisely more wisely most wisely

beautifully more beautifully most beautifully

sincerely more sincerely most sincerely

swiftly more swiftly most swiftly

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