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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Comparative and superlatives adverbs====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="192" id="1076" style="width: 74px; height: 107px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1076_8a67b166a11bb98e6a504997dc4808b3.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>I eat <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> health<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ily</span> now than when I was young.</span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><img height="179" id="19" style="width: 69px; height: 97px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/19_4eabab99efc1875cc4db97471a35ffa7.jpg"><font face="Times New Roman"> </font><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>He eats <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>unhealthily of all his family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></span><br> </p></html> =====Definition and use===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use comparative <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">adverbs</span> to compare two activities/actions or to show change.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We can use comparative structures with <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">adverbs of manner </span>and some <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">adverbs of time </span>and <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">frequency</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>We use superlative <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">adverbs</span> to compare more than two activities or actions.</strong></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><br> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><font color="#000000">Comparative adverbs: </font></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><font color="#000000">Adverbs ending in 'ly</font></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><font color="#000000">'</font> </span></b> </p> <p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Superiority</span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Inferiority</span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Equality</span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'more' + adverb + 'than'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> more </span>quietly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>1. 'less' + adverb + 'than'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> quietly<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> than </span>her.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>2. 'not as' + adverb + 'as'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> quietly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> her.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'as' + adverb + 'as'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>quietly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> him.</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The second form for inferiority is more common in conversation.</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It isn't always necessary to include 'than' and the second part of the sentence. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It started to rain <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> heavily.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She's working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> efficiently now.</span></b></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Adverbs with the same form as the adjective</span></b> </p> <p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Superiority</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Inferiority</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Equality</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>adverb + 'er' + 'than'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works fast<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> than him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works hard<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">er</span> than him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She arrived <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier </span>than him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'not as' + adverb + 'as'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> fast <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>he does.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> hard <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She did<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> arrive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> early <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>him.</span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'as' + adverb + 'as'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> fast <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>he does.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>hard <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She arrived <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> early <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br></p> <p> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'>Irregular comparative adverbs</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Superiority</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Inferiority</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td> <td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Equality</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;'><strong>adverb + 'than' </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong>She speaks French better than he does. </strong></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong>He speaks French worse than she does. </strong></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong>He lives further from the station than her. </strong></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 51); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong>She eats less than he does. </strong></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p></td><strong> </strong><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>'not as' + adverb + 'as' </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>He does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> speak French <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> well <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> she does.</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>She does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> speak French <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> badly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> he does. </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>She does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> live <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> far from the station <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> him.</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>She doesn't eat<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> as</span> much <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> he does.</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p></td><strong> </strong><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>'as' + adverb + 'as'</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>She speaks French <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> well <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>he does.</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>She speaks French<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> as </span>badly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> he does.</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>She lives <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> far from the station <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> him.</strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong></span></p><strong> </strong><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span><strong>She eats <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span>much <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> he does</strong>.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></b></p> <p> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><font color="#000000"><strong>Superlative adverbs</strong></font></span></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white;"><font face="Calibri"></font></span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Superiority</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white;"></span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Inferiority</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: white;"></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adverbs ending in 'ly'</span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'the most' + adverb</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>quietly.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'the least' + adverb</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the least </span>quietly.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adverbs with the same form as the adjective</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'the' + adverb + 'est'</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> fast<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">est</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She arrived <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the</span> earl<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">iest</span>. <span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>See note 2. below</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Irregular comparative adverbs</span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'the' + adverb</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She speaks French <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the best</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She speaks French <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the worst</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He lives <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the furthest </span>from the station.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td><td width="213" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 159.6pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>See note 2. below</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>1. It is generally more common to use comparative adverbs than superlative ones. For example, we are more likely to say:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He behaved more professionally than the other delegates did.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>than</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He behaved <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>professionally. </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works l</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>ess quietly than the others do.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>/She doesn'</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>t work as quietly as the others do</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>than</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the least </span>quietly.</span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><strong><br></strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><strong>2.</strong><span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>With these adverbs, an alternative structure is preferred: </span></b></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><table width="614" style="margin: auto auto auto 26.7pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; width: 460.65pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="265" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 7cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>She works the least fast. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="28" id="40" style="width: 14px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p></td><td width="350" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 262.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>She doesn't work as fast as her colleagues.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="18" id="39" style="width: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>She works more slowly than her colleagues . <img height="18" id="39" style="width: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="265" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He speaks French the least </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>well. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><img height="28" id="40" style="width: 14px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span></p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He speaks French the least </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>badly. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><img height="28" id="40" style="width: 14px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span></p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></td><td width="350" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 262.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He doesn't speak French as <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">well as the others.</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="18" id="39" style="width: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He doesn't speak French as badly as the others.</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="18" id="39" style="width: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="265" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 7cm; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm -12.5pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He lives the least far from the office. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><img height="28" id="40" style="width: 14px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span></p><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></td><td width="350" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) windowtext windowtext rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 262.2pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He lives the nearest to the office. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="18" id="39" style="width: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm -5.4pt 0pt 0cm; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>He doe<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">sn't live as far from the office as the others.<img height="18" id="39" style="width: 20px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-add-space: auto;"> </p></span><p><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><br></span></b></p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p> <br></p><table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"><img height="123" id="1448" style="width: 129px; height: 79px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1448_f04fba43101874935f66c6b48d9022d8.jpg"></font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She's swimming <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">more</span> confidently now.</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> <img height="208" id="481" style="width: 81px; height: 93px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/481_c31da15c98a8efbc11e55a487df88b50.png"></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>Unfortunately, some laptops work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">less</span> efficiently <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">than</span> others do. </strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>Of all the computers I've owned, this one works <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the least </span>efficiently.</strong></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><img height="109" id="447" style="width: 130px; height: 86px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/447_29c603ce40d0bfea15b2a38d336edde2.jpg"></span></strong></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We do<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't </span>go cycling <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> often <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>before.</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> <img height="208" id="6" style="width: 80px; height: 79px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/6_509d9220e524d3337a0ad8cf1b2c14db.jpg"></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This project is<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> going <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> well <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> we hoped - everyone needs to start <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier</span> each day and work <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">harder</span>.</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><br></font></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="131" id="421" style="width: 119px; height: 89px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/421_7318fff4fbbf55482ce4447ef5a4f79a.jpg"></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He does<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">n't</span> drive <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> carefully <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as </span>his wife.</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><img height="230" id="554" style="width: 103px; height: 122px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/554_424f68eee36be3901a6aef1b9ae69704.jpg"></span></strong></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>He dresses <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> badly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> he dances. </strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>Of everyone in the class, he dances <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the worst</span>!</strong></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="214" id="1256" style="width: 86px; height: 104px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1256_e0ea22cbf5be8cce569960fdaf923a42.png"></span></span></strong></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm sorry. We can<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">'t</span> have the meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> soon <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">as</span> we want to.</span></strong></p> </td> <td width="307" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 230.3pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri"> </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> </strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><img height="224" id="548" style="width: 73px; height: 94px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/548_6656803c38fddea0130553c4f2c62e7b.jpg"></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>My children's behaviour is getting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">worse</span>, not <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">better</span>!</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><p><strong> </strong><img height="147" id="342" style="width: 124px; height: 110px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/342_4d16b2bdbd885392bc190aa83e150b5c.png"> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Peter always deals with Katashi because </span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>he speaks Japanese <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">the most </span>confidently.</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></strong><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]