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Unit 21 Comparison:adjectives and adverbs

Adjective/adverb Comparativeform Superlative form

late/late later (than) the latest
strong stronger (than) the strongest
fast faster (than) the fastest
one syllable
hard harder (than) the hardest
high higher (than) the highest
low lower (than) the lowest

one syllable ending in big bigger (than) the biggest
vowel-consonant sad sadder (than) the saddest

sunny sunnier (than) the sunniest
two syllables ending in -y
early earlier (than) the earliest

interesting more interesting (than) the most interesting
three or more syllables fluently more fluently (than) the most fluently
carefully more carefully (than) the most carefully

good /well better the best
Irregular forms bad /badly worse the worst
far further the furthest

Many two-syllable adjectives take the -er and -est endings.
These include clever, gentle,narrow,pleasant,quiet and simple.

Adverbs

Spelling rules:adverbs formed from adjectives

fluent-» fluently
ending in consonant add -ly
careful -» carefully

keep -e and add
ending in -e nice -» nicely
-ly

easy -» easily
ending in consonant + -y change -y to -ily
luck-» luckily

comfortable -» comfortably
ending in -le change -leto -ly
possible -> possibly

automatic -» automatically
ending in -ic + -ally
dramatic -» dramatically

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