Comparative Adverbs

B1AdverbsJanuary 27, 2026

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use comparative

adverbs when talking about the

differences between two

actions he drives more carefully on Ice

here's the comparative

adverb that is providing information for

this

verb how does he

drive when he is driving on

ice he drives more

carefully this is compared to when he's

not driving on

Ice she speaks English better than

before here's the

adverb this is providing information for

how she speaks this is the

verb and this is the situation that

existed in the past so the difference in

this sentence is between now and

before in the future you will probably

speak English better here's the verb

here's the comparative

adverb this is

comparing the time now to later in the

future

to form a comparative adverb you can use

more and then here's the adverb with an

ly

ending or less and then the adverb with

an ly ending or some adverbs don't use

ly in that case just use

erer or you could use not as

and then the adverb here the adverb

could have an ly ending or no ending at

all the adverb would just go right here

not as for example not as

fast

as not as

quickly

as more quickly

then sometimes this would be used or

less

quickly and use

then and for other adverbs such as fast

or

hard just add

eer some adverbs never add ly

all of these sentences use more and then

the

adverb they are coming more frequently

more frequently modifies the verb here

in the present continuous tense the

comparison is between now and in the

past I'm riding my bike more carefully

here's the comparative

adverb perhaps in the past I didn't

write it as carefully as I should have

but now I'm riding my bike more

carefully you're thinking more

creatively here's the comparative

adverb this could represent an

improvement in the way that you think

about

things now you're thinking more

creatively he does his work more

confidently now that he has some

experience

so here's

the

adverb it's the comparative adverb using

more and there's an ly ending this is

modifying or providing information for

the verb

do the comparison here is between

now and

before this might be when he did not

have

experience now he has experience he does

his work more

confidently now that he has some

experience she runs faster than the

other

children here's the

adverb and it's modifying the

verb the comparison in this case is

between this girl and this group of

other

children she runs faster than the other

children these are irregular adverbs

that don't add an ly ending except for

this one early to make the comparative

form as an adverb you just have to add

eer faster harder later higher longer

deeper

earlier all of these could be used in

modifying the verb whatever that might

be all of these sentences are using

irregular

adverbs fast hard late early and this is

for the adjective good which as an

adverb becomes

better here are the the

verbs and the adverb modifies each of

these verbs each of these

activities this works

faster the word faster modifies the verb

work how does it work it works

faster he hit the ball harder

how did he hit the

ball he hit the ball

harder they woke up later this is the

action here's the comparative

adverb the sun rose

earlier this is the action and then this

is the comparative adverb

the adjective form is

early and the adverb form is also

early but when you use the comparative

adverb

then you change it to

earlier she performs better this is the

comparative adverb

form as an

adverb a regular adverb good becomes

well but in the comp comparative form

use

better how does she

perform now she performs

better another way to use comparative

adverbs is to make a sentence using not

this goes onto the verb and then as

here's the adverb and then here's the

word

as this machine doesn't run as

efficiently as it did in the

past so here's the negative this is the

main verb as here's the adverb

efficiently and then here's the word

as this is true now and then this is the

past you could replace this

adverb this machine doesn't run as well

as it did in the

past remember that well is the adverb

form for

good and this sounds really good if you

know how to use well as a comparative

adverb this is how we often use well

when making comparisons

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