This presentation will help you correctly use comparative and superlative adverbs.

Before we continue, we must first learn what the difference is between comparative and superlative. It is really just about the number of items being compared in a passage. Comparative always compares two items...no more and no less.

While superlative compares three or more items. The passage may even compare millions of items!!!

An adverb with only one syllable will add either "-er" or "-est" to the end of the word. For example, He ran the fastest in his class. The adverb "fast" is changed to "fastest"

Any adverb with more than two syllables only requires the addition of words and no changes to the spelling of the adverb. For comparative adverbs, you only need to add the word "more" before the adverb. The superlative adverbs require you to add "the most" immediately before the adverb.

Try not to get the rules for comparative and superlative adverbs confused with those for adjectives. Remember, adverbs modify or change a verb in a sentence and an adjective does the same to a noun.