Comparisons

She is good at English.
She can speak English..........
She can speak English well
He is a careful man.
He drives ............
He drives carefully.
Adverbs of manner
Adjectives
He is careful.
His speech was clear.
Turtles are slow.
That is a quiet man.
It’s a beautiful song.

Adverbs
He drives carefully.
He spoke clearly.
They move slowly.
The man speaks quietly.
The singer sings beautifully.

Adv = Adj-ly
Adjectives
careless
quiet
noisy
bad
happy
quick
polite
warm
exact
strong
Adverbs
carelessly
quietly
noisily
badly
happily
quickly
politely
warmly
exactly
strongly
Adjectives
good
fast
hard
friendly
lovely
much

Adverbs
well
fast
hard
friendly
lovely
much
lovely/lovely
much/much
fluent/fluently
good/well
successful/successfully
bad/badly
comfortable/comfortably
warm/warmly
polite/politely
quick/quickly


Jenny is a ................ girl. She always talks .......... (lovely/lovely)
They speak English ................. Their English is really ..............(good/well)
Edward is .............. He behaves .....................to women. (polite/politely)
Dexter can think ........... He is a ............... thinker. (quick/quickly)
Mr. Dean does every work .................. He is a very ..................... person. (successful/ successfully)
That is a ................ woman. She treats people .....................(bad/badly)

7. We didn’t bring ........... money, and we didn’t spend.............(much/much)
8. He can speak French as ..............as his mother tongue. He is a very .......... speaker. (fluent/fluently)
9. We enjoyed a .............. party last week. The hosts welcomed their guests .................(warm/warmly)
10. Marry Ann says that she has a very .......... life in Vietnam. She lives as ..........
.... here as in her home country. (comfortable/comfortably)
Jenny is a lovely girl. She always talks lovely to us.
They speak English well. Their English is really good.
Edward is a polite man. He behaves politely to women.
Dexter can think quickly. He is a quick thinker.
Mr. Dean does every job successfully. He is a very successful person.
That is a bad woman. She treats people badly.

7.We didn’t bring much money, and we didn’t spend much.
8. He can speak French as fluently as his mother tongue. He is a very fluent speaker.
9. We enjoyed a warm party last week. The hosts welcomed their guests warmly.
10. Marry Ann says that she has a very comfortable life in Vietnam. She lives as comfortably here as in her home country.
Comparison of Adverbs
Comparative and Superlative adv
1.1. Short adv
Adv Comparative Superlative
hard harder hardest
fast faster fastest
early earlier earliest
adv+er adv+est



e.g.
I work harder this term than last term.
He came earliest this morning.
Who runs fastest, Tom, Ted or Jill?


Special Adverbs

Adv Comparative Superlative
well better best
badly worse worst
much more most
little less least
far further furthest

1.2. Long adv
+ Comparative
more + adv
Cindy says that Be drives more carefully than James.
But Hero drives more carelessly than James.
+ Superlative
most + adv
Be drives most carefully.




2. Equivalent comparison of adv
as + adv + as
He eats as much as a bear.
Ms. Mary Ann says that she lives as comfortably in Vietnam as in Philippines.