Comparative and superlative adverbs

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Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

softly

more softly than

the most softly

carefully

more carefully than

the most carefully

reasonably

less reasonably than

the least reasonably

 

Examples

          Which one of the girls eats the most slowly?

          Of all the men, Jim spoke the least reasonably about the problem.

          Jack is very good with machines.  Mark isn�t.  Jack operates machines

          more easily than Mark.


Exercise.   Choose the correct answer.
(Do the exercise and check your answers here. )

          1. Bill finished the exercise ______________ quickly than Jim.

             a. more                          b. the most

          2. Joe drives more _____________ than Brad.

              a. careful                       b. carefully

          3. Mike exercises _____________ regularly of the three men.

              a. least                         b. the least

 

suffix - ion

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��     collect (v.)                "      collection (n.)

          operate (v.)              "      operation (n.)

 

          Sgt. Smith likes to collect old guns. He has a very large collection. 

     

 

Exercise.  Fill in the blanks with these words. (Do the exercise and check your answers here.)

 

select          selection 

educate       education

 

 

 

1. Greg :         They have a good __________ of shoes in this store.

   Matt :         Yes, they do.  It�s hard to __________ just one pair.

2. Vic :                    Do you believe it�s important for people to __________ their children.

    Bill :          Yes, a good _________ is insurance for a good future.

 

Vocabulary Lesson 1 (Do the exercise and check your answers here. )

     1. The test was really __________. Only two students passed.
         a. correct                 b. tough

     2.  Donald can do only five pushups, he�s not in good ________________.
          a. physical               b. sweat

     3. My mother never raises her voice. She never ____________.
           a. drills                  b. yells

     4. There�s water on the first floor. Please ____________ it up.

a. polish                  b. mob

     5.  No one is allowed to enter the base. _______________ the gate !

          a. Crawl                   b. Guard

     6.  Linda told us the soup was cold, the meat was salty, and the tea was bitter.                 

         She _________ about the whole meal.

          a. yelled                  b. complained

     7. Dad wants you to sweep this room. Go and get the ____________.

          a. mob                    b. broom

     8. Have you ever ____________ an Australian football game?

          a. marched               b. attended

     9. Jim stood _______________ as the base commander came into the room.

          a. at attention           b. physical

     10. You can park across the street, but not near the building. We must keep that ______clear.

          a. guard                   b. area