Comparing with Adverbs - 6th Grade Grammar
Comparing with Adverbs
Use more or less before most adverbs to compare two actions.
Use most or least before most adverbs to compare more than two actions.
Add -er or -est to shorter adverbs to compare actions.
Examples:
Lea spoke louder and more fluently than Hal.
Owen spoke softest and least fluently of all.
Write each sentence. Use the correct form of the adverb in parentheses.
1/3
You read your speech (confidently) than I did.
more/less confidently
2/3
Of all the speakers, we listened (intently) to her.
least/most intently
3/3
Were you seated (close) to her than I was?
closer