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Today’s Notes: Jan. 19, 2010

Today’s Notes: Jan. 19, 2010. VI. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs A. Comparative Adverbs 1. Compares two actions 2. Use –er or more/less to compare B. Superlative Adverbs 1. Compares more than two actions 2. Use –est or most/least to compare.

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Today’s Notes: Jan. 19, 2010

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  1. Today’s Notes: Jan. 19, 2010 VI. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs A. Comparative Adverbs 1. Compares two actions 2. Use –er or more/less to compare B. Superlative Adverbs 1. Compares more than two actions 2. Use –est or most/least to compare.

  2. Comparative and Superlative Adverbs: Sound Familiar? 8th Grade English Adjectives and Adverbs Unit

  3. Remember… • What is an adverb? • What does it do? • What is an intensifier? • What does it tell us?

  4. Good…

  5. Today… • We are going to take adverbs a step further. • We are going to talk about comparative and superlative adverbs! • But wait…

  6. Repeating Lesson? • Didn’t we already talk about comparatives and superlatives?

  7. Yes…but… • Comparative and superlative adverbs are a lot like comparative and superlative adjectives. • They both compare things… • However, it is all in how you use them. • Remember, adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. Adverbs talk about action…

  8. In short… • Adverbs can be rude, too…

  9. What? • Now you are comparing actions…

  10. Comparative Adverbs… • The comparative form of an adverb compares two actions. • Short adverbs will use –er at the end. • Long adverbs will use more or less.

  11. Comparative Examples… • The students listened more attentively tonight than last night. • More attentively tells us how the audience listened in comparison to last night.

  12. Superlative Adverbs… • Just like superlative adjectives, superlative adverbs compare more than two actions. • Use –est at the end of most short adverbs. • Use most/least in front of longer adverbs.

  13. Superlative Adverb Example… • Last Sunday’s audience responded most enthusiastically of all. • Most enthusiastically is telling us how the audience responded in comparison to all the other nights.

  14. Some Adverbs are tricky…

  15. Got it? • Whew! • Comparative Superlative adjectives are very similar to comparative and superlative adverbs…it is all in what they modify!

  16. Exercise A • In the following slide, tell me the comparative and superlative form of each adverb.

  17. Exercise A • Tenderly • Fast • Little • Easily • Violently • Rapidly • close

  18. Review… • A comparative adverb compares two actions. • Use –er or more/less to compare two actions. • A superlative adverb compares more than two actions. • Use –est or most/least to compare more than two actions…

  19. Adverb Fun!

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