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Review
Tiring
Can you repeat?
Can you speak more slowly?
What’s the meaning of (that)?
COMPARISON
FAR (adv)
I live (V) farther than you
Peter lives as far as you
Sarah lives the furthest
She speaks more clearly
Tall (adj)
He is taller than John (N)
She is as tall as Mary
She ‘s the tallest
Talk(v)
I talk more than you
I talk as much as you
I don’t have as many activities as you
I’m the person that talks the most
The adverbs in English
Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns.
Adjective Adverb
Mandy is a careful girl. Mandy drives carefully.
Mandy is very careful.

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Form
Adjective + -ly
Adjective Adverb
dangerous dangerously
careful carefully
nice nicely
easy easily
horrible horribly
electronic electronically
irregular forms
good well
fast fast
hard hard
Tip: Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs.
adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly
nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy
verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply
There is no adverb for an andjective ending in -ly.
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Types of adverbs
1) Adverbs of manner
quickly
kindly
2) Adverbs of degree
very
rather
3) Adverbs of frequency
often
sometimes
4) Adverbs of time
now
today
5) Adverbs of place
here
nowhere
comparison of adverbs in English
There are three forms:
- positive
- comparative
- superlative
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A - Comparison with -er/-est
hard - harder - (the) hardest
We use -er/-est with the following adverbs:
1) all adverbs with one syllable
fast faster fastest
high higher highest
2) The adverb: early
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B - Comparison with more - most
carefully - more carefully - (the) most carefully
adverbs ending on -ly (not: early)
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C - Irregular adverbs
well better best
badly worse worst
much more most
little less least
late later last
far farther
further farthest
furthest
ATTENTION!
In informal English some adverbs are used without -ly (e.g. cheap, loud, quick). There are two forms of comparison possible, depending on the form af the adverb:
cheaply - more cheaply - most cheaply
cheap - cheaper - cheapest
The following adjectives and adverbs have the same form:
Adjective Adverb
close close
daily daily
early early
fair fair
far far
fast fast
free free
hard hard
high high
late late
lively lively
long long
lovely lovely
low low
right right
wide wide
wrong wrong
Para practicar:
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/adjektiv_adverb.htm
my phone bill has doubled
or we heat sth up in the microwave
I’m not sure if my parents would agree
It’s mainly because there’re just too many cars on the road
it’s quite complicated from where I live