Comparison of Adverbs

There are three degrees of comparison:

- Positive (the adverb is in its base form)
Jim drives fast.

Sally sings beautifully.

- Comparative (two nouns or qualities are compared)
Tom drives faster than Jim.
Mary sings more beautifully than Sally.

- Superlative (at least 3 nouns or qualities are compared)
Mike drives fastest.

Ellen sings most beautifully.

In English, some comparisons are regular and others are irregular.

Most adverbs have regular comparison. Short adverbs get the -er ending in comparative and -est in superlative. With long adverbs, more or most are added in front.

The adverbs with irregular comparison need to be learnt by heart:
well - better - the best,
badly - worse - the worst

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Postoje tri stepena poređenja:

- Pozitiv (prilog je u svom osnovnom obliku)
Jim drives fast. (Džim brzo vozi.)

Sally sings beautifully. (Seli lepo peva.)

- Komparativ (dve imenice ili osobine se porede)
Tom drives faster than Jim. (Tom vozi brže od Džima.)
Mary sings more beautifully than Sally. (Marija peva lepše od Seli.)

- Superlativ (najmanje 3 imenice ili osobine se porede)
Mike drives fastest. (Majk najbrže vozi.)

Ellen sings most beautifully. (Elena najlepše peva.)

U engleskom jeziku, neka poređenja su pravilna, a druga su nepravilna.

Većina prilogva ima pravilno poređenje. Kratki prilozi dobijaju nastavak -er u komparativu, a -est u superlativu. Kod dugih priloga more (=više) i most (=najviše) se dodaju ispred priloga.

Prilozi sa nepravilnim poređenjem se moraju učiti napamet:
well (=dobro) - better (=bolje) - best (=najbolje),
badly (=loše) - worse (=gore) - the worst (=najgore).

Make sentences using the comparison of adverbs:

1 Bob / run / fast / Tom

2 Jack / play tennis / well / Ed

3 Jane / draw / well

4 May / speak French / well / Mike

5 Nick / swim / fast

6 Sam / climb / high / the other children

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adverbs:

1 Harry wins every race. He runs _____ every time. (fast)

2 How _____ do you speak English? Do you speak _____ your friends? (well)

3 Ted gets up _____ his brother. (early)

4 Jill swims _____ Mary. (well)

5 Henry can run _____ Dean. (fast)

6 Jim plays _____. Joe plays _____ Jim, and John plays _____. (well)

Circle the correct word:

1 How does the boat go? - Slow / Slowly.

2 Is three your lucky / luckily number?

3 They live happy / happily.

4 Jane sings nice / nicely.

5 The boy's sitting quiet / quietly.

Put in the  correct adverb:
happily, slowly, quickly, carefully, beautifully
1 He sings _____.
2 He is happy. He smiles _____.
3 Don't do your homework _____.
4 Do it _____.
5 Cross the street _____.