BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-6.4

	6.4	*Comparative adverbs*

Who is the best employee? Who works harder? Pierre or Paolo?

Pierre starts work earlier than Paolo …		… but Paolo goes home later than Pierre …

… and Paolo works more quickly than Pierre …		. .. but Pierre speaks better English than Paolo.

PRESENTATION

Use comparative adverbs to соmраrе how people do something:
Pierre starts work earlier than Paolo.
Paolo goes home later than Pierre.
♦With adverbs ending in -Iy, yоu usually say more + -Iy.
♦With some adverbs (loud, quick, slow) уоu саn also add -er. This is morе informal.

Adverb	Comparative adverb
late	later
early	earlier
hard	harder
fast	faster
loudly	more loudly / louder
quietly	morе quietly
quickly	more quickly / quicker
slowly	morе slowly / slower
well	better
badly	worse

EXERCISES⇒

BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-6.4

6.4

Comparative adverbs