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His enemy gave him a
merciless beating. Hisenemy did not stop until
he is bleeding.Shepouredthe sugar
into the bowl. She slowly
Find out the meaning of the underlinedword as to how they were used in thesentence.
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The Flood
Monica was trying to getaway from the greatest ood shehad ever seen but she was so
tired she could not walk further.The rain had poured down moremercilessly that day than it didthe day before and the ood hadrisen higher, too. Government
agencies had responded more
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ho is the girl who tried to get awayfrom the greatest ood she had seen!
hy does she cannot walk further!
hat was the government"s action!
#f you were in the same situation asMonica, what would you do in case of
ood!
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Study the underlined
words taken from theselection.
$. The rain had poured down moremercilessly that day than it didthe
day before and the ood risenhigher too.
%. Government agencies had
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$. &ita spoke fast.%. 'lma spoke fasterthan&ita.
(. )ita spoke thefastestof the three.$. )ita dance gracefully.%. 'lma danced more gracefullythan&ita.
(. &ita danced themost gracefullyof the thr$. &ita speaks clearly.%. 'lma speaks less clearlythan*ita.(. )ita speaks theleast clearly of the three.
$.'lma sings well.%. )ita sings betterthan'lma.
(. &ita sings thebestof the three.
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Irregular Adverbs change spelling to form the degreesof comparison.
wee better best
badly worse worst
much more most
little less least
far farther, further farthest,furthest
Regular Adverbs
+ositive )omparative-er, more, less
/uperlative-est, most least
fast
runs fast
faster
runs faster
fastest
runs fastest
latecame late
latercame later
latestcame latest
quicklymoves quickly
more quicklymoves more quickly
most quicklymoves most quickly
reluctantlyagreed reluctantly
less reluctantlyagreed lessreluctantly
least reluctantlyagreed leastreluctantly
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roup !"rite a comparison based on#
0ow well your classmates do their pro1ects.
0ow fast or slow areas in your community are becoming green with trees.
roup $Fill in the chart with the correct comparison of adverbs.
roup %Fill in the blanks with the correct adverb form.
$# speak 'nglish uent2222222222 now than last year.%/he greeted me polite 2222222222 of all.(/he smiled happy 2222222222 than before.
3This girl dances graceful 2222222222 of all.4)ould you write clear 2222222222 !
roup &"rite sentences using the following verbs in the three degrees of comparison.
$. hard%. silently
'ositive (omparative Superlative
farthest
little
better
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5dverbs have three degreesof comparison, the positive, the
comparative, and thesuperlative.
/ome adverbs form theircomparative by adding 6er or moreor less.
/ome adverbs form theirsuperlative by adding 6est, most orleast.
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(hoose the correct adverb that willcomplete the sentence.
!.)veryone wanted *eagerly+ moreeagerly, to catch the rare bird.$.-e *boastfully+ more boastfully,
announced he would catch the bird.%.-e waited *patiently+ morepatiently, the whole night.&.-e looked *farther+ farthest, than
the other men who is also looking forthe bird..At last+ he caught the bird
*triumphantly+ most triumphantly,.
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Assignment#/se the following adverbs in the three degreesof comparison#
$.carefully+ositive7)omparative7
/uperlative7
%. politely+ositive7)omparative7
/uperlative7