Beberapa aturan pembentukan comparative dan superlative adverbs:
1. Tambahkan –er (comparative) dan –est (superlative) pada short adverbs:
- hard – harder - hardest
- late – later - latest
- fast – faster - fastest
Contoh:
- Jim works harder than his brother.
- Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran the fastest of all.
2. Gunakan more atau less (comparative) dan most atau least (superlative) pada adverbia yang berakhiran –ly.
- quietly - more quietly - most quietly
- slowly - more slowly - most slowly
- seriously - more seriously - most seriously
- confidently – less confidently – least confidently
- skillfully – less skillfully – least skillfully
Contoh:
- The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand.
- She worked less confidently after her accident.
- That was the least skillfully done performance I've seen in years.
3. Beberapa adverbia mempunyai bentuk irregular:
- badly – worse - worst
- far - farther/further - farthest/furthest
- little – less - least
- well – better - best
Contoh:
- The little boy ran further than his friends.
- You’re driving worse today than yesterday!
Catatan
Dalam bahasa Inggris informal bentuk perbandingan cheaper, cheapest, louder, loudest, quicker, quickest, slower, slowest lebih sering digunakan daripada more cheaply, the most loudly, etc.
- Mary reacted the quickest.
- You should drive slower in fog.
Kadang-kadang most dapat berarti very yang tentu saja bukan merupakan bentuk perbandingan, contoh:
- We were most grateful for your help
- I am most impressed by this application.
Begitu juga sooner atau more often pada contoh berikut yang bukan sebagai perbandingan:
- Try to get home sooner. (=quickly)
- I must exercise more often. (=many times)
Related Links
Adverbs
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Adverbs of Place
Adverbs of Manner
Adverbs of Intensity
Adverbs of Certainty
Adverbs of Frequency
Interrogative Adverbs
Relative Adverbs
Adverbs of Purpose
Conjunctive Adverbs
Adverbs of Degree
Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
Adverb Endings
Position of Adverbs
The Order of Adverbs
Order of Adverbs of Time
Sentence Adverbs
Viewpoint and Negative Adverbs
Adjuncts, Disjuncts, and Conjuncts
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