adverbios compartivos y superlativos

Adverbio	Comparativo	Superlativo
quietly	more quietly	most quietly
slowly	more slowly	most slowly
seriously	more seriously	most seriously

EJEMPLOS

• The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand.
• Could you sing more quietly please?

En el caso de adverbios cortos que no terminan en -ly, las formas comparativas y superlativas son idénticas a los adjetivos: se añade -er para formar el comparativo y -est para formar el superlativo. Si el adverbio termina en e, se elimina esta última vocal antes de añadir la terminación.

Adverbio	Comparativo	Superlativo
hard	harder	hardest
fast	faster	fastest
late	later	latest

EJEMPLOS

• Jim works harder than his brother.
• Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran the fastest of all.

Ciertos adverbios tienen formas irregulares en el comparativo y superlativo.

Adverbio	Comparativo	Superlativo
badly	worse	worst
far	farther/further	farthest/furthest
little	less	least
well	better	best

EJEMPLOS

• The little boy ran farther than his friends.
• You're driving worse today than yesterday !
• He played the best of any player.