IXL | Use adverbs to compare | 4th grade language arts

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the adverb.

Of all the businesses in town, we wait

longest

for service here.

longer

longest

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Complete the sentence with the correct form of the adverb.

The stallion galloped

more rapidly

than the foal.

more rapidly

most rapidly

You can use adverbs to compare actions.

Comparative adverbs compare how two actions are done.

Superlative adverbs compare how more than two actions are done.

For adverbs that have one syllable, add -er to make the comparative adverb. Add -est to make the superlative adverb.

Base	Comparative	Superlative
soon	sooner	soonest

For adverbs that have more than one syllable, add more to make the comparative adverb. Add most to make the superlative adverb.

Base	Comparative	Superlative
safely	more safely	most safely

For the adverb early, drop y. Add -ier to make the comparative adverb. Add -iest to make the superlative adverb.

Base	Comparative	Superlative
early	earlier	earliest

More rapidly uses the word more. It is a comparative adverb. It compares how two actions are done.

Most rapidly uses the word most. It is a superlative adverb. It compares how more than two actions are done.

The sentence compares how the stallion galloped and how the foal galloped. Two actions are compared. So, use the comparative adverb more rapidly.

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