Grammar
Comparative forms of adverbs: review
1. Complete the passage below with a suitable comparative form of the adjectives provided.
Sometimes I hear adults around me say that it is (0. good) better for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside. They say that the city offers a child more opportunities for (1. high) _________ education, and (2. easy) _________ access to (3. good) _________ facilities. Life there is (4. exciting) __________ and (5. convenient) __________.
They may be right, but there's one thing they might not know. I feel (6. happy) __________ here than in a crowded and noisy city. Country folk are (7. friendly) than city folk. I know every boy in my village. Life here is not as (8. fast) __________ as that in the city and I feel (9. safe) __________. Perhaps the (10. good) __________ place to grow up is the place where you feel at home.
Comparative forms of adverbs
1. more/less + adverb + (than) is the form of comparative for almost all adverbs of manner ending in ly.
Examples:
Can you walk more slowly? I can't catch up with you.
Hanh acts less responsibly than anyone here.
2. adverb + er + (than) is the form of comparative for adverbs of manner with the same form as adjectives.
fast ➞ faster early ➞ earlier
hard ➞ harder late ➞ later
Example:
The rain is coming. Let's run faster.
3. Some irregular forms of adverbs of manner:
well ➞ better badly ➞ worse
Example:
I believe you'll do better in the next test.
2. Complete the sentences with suitable comparative forms of adverbs in the box.
traditionally soundly generously slowly healthily
1. Can you speak __________? My English is not good.
2. After a hard working day, we usually sleep __________.
3. Nowadays, people dress __________, so it's difficult to say which country they are from.
4. It's not always true that rich people donate __________ than poor people.
5. If you want to stay slim, you have to eat __________.
3. Finish the sentences below with a suitable comparative form of hard, early, late, fast, well and badly.
1. Your exam score is low. I am sure you can do __________.
2. We'll be late for the fair. Can you drive __________?
3. On Sunday, we can get up __________ than usual.
4. The farmers have to work __________ at harvest time.
5. You look tired. Are you feeling __________ than you did this morning?
6. My mother has to get up __________ than us to milk the cows.
4. Circle the correct comparative forms to complete the sentences.
1. People in rural areas of Britain talk optimistically/ more optimistically about the future than city people.
2. In India, rural areas are more popularly/ popular known as the ‘countryside'.
3. A village is less densely populated/ more densely populated than a city.
4. City people seem to react quickly/ more quickly to changes than country people.
5. Medical help can be less easily/ more easily obtained in a city than in the countryside.
6. A buffalo ploughs better/ more well than a horse.
5. Write the answers to the questions below.
1 .Which place is more peaceful, the city or the countryside?
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2. Which works faster at calculus, a computer or a human being?
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3. Which one is harder, life in a remote area or life in a modern town?
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4. Which city is more expensive, Ho Chi Minh City or Hue?
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5. Who can smell better, animals or human beings?
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