Lesson 1
A superlative adverb describes how someone does an action the most in a group. It is generally formed by "the most ____________ly".
She drives the most safely of everyone I know.
He speaks the most loudly in my family.
I exercise the most frequently among all my friends.
The superlative adverb looks for the #1 in relation to others. (This is different than the comparative adverb where we looked at the difference between 2 people doing the same action to see who did it more than the other: Carlos types more quickly than Jaime. A comparison between 2)
I asked the students about different countries with the following questions and asked for their opinions?
Those are just some examples.
We will have to review the spelling rules for adverbs. You can click on adverbs if you're curious to get started. (Remember: easy-easily, careful--carefully, simple--simply, dramatic--dramatically?)
Also, we have the same words that were exceptions with comparative adverbs as exceptions here.
Remember, these are adverbs. They describe an action, how someone eats, writes, drive, speaks. You are not using an adjective which would describe who the person is: He's shy, She's rich, They're tired.
She drives the most safely of everyone I know.
He speaks the most loudly in my family.
I exercise the most frequently among all my friends.
The superlative adverb looks for the #1 in relation to others. (This is different than the comparative adverb where we looked at the difference between 2 people doing the same action to see who did it more than the other: Carlos types more quickly than Jaime. A comparison between 2)
I asked the students about different countries with the following questions and asked for their opinions?
- Around the world, which nationality drives the most safely? (For example, I think Germans drive the most safely.)
- Who saves money the most carefully?
- Who learns English the most easily?
- Which women dress the most sexily?
- Who act the most politely?
Those are just some examples.
We will have to review the spelling rules for adverbs. You can click on adverbs if you're curious to get started. (Remember: easy-easily, careful--carefully, simple--simply, dramatic--dramatically?)
Also, we have the same words that were exceptions with comparative adverbs as exceptions here.
- hard--the hardest
- early--the earliest
- late--the latest
- far--the farthest
- good--the best
- bad--the worst
Remember, these are adverbs. They describe an action, how someone eats, writes, drive, speaks. You are not using an adjective which would describe who the person is: He's shy, She's rich, They're tired.
Lesson 2
Remember these rules from August? Here they are again if you've forgotten.
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Lesson 3
Before you try to do the paper, read the top explanation once, twice, three times even! Many students skip over the explanation and just want to start doing it. Don't do that. Read the explanation first. Really try to understand it. Then begin.
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Lesson 4
Most of the time we use a superlative adverb to describe how someone does some action the best, or the most ____ly of a group.
We can also use superlative adverbs to describe one special time in your life.
Example: I worked the hardest when I was a child in Mexico and helped my father on the farm.
Here we're not saying I worked the hardest in my family. We're saying of all the times I've worked in my life, that time I did it the hardest.
Practice making these questions by changing the adjective into the superlative adverb.
Remember, regular superlative adverbs are: the most _________________ly
Exceptions don't use 'most' or 'ly': the best
We can also use superlative adverbs to describe one special time in your life.
Example: I worked the hardest when I was a child in Mexico and helped my father on the farm.
Here we're not saying I worked the hardest in my family. We're saying of all the times I've worked in my life, that time I did it the hardest.
Practice making these questions by changing the adjective into the superlative adverb.
Remember, regular superlative adverbs are: the most _________________ly
Exceptions don't use 'most' or 'ly': the best
- When did you work ______the hardest___________________________? (hard)
- When did you cry ____________________________________________? (loud)
- When did you eat ______________________________________________? (fast)
- When did you drive _____________________________________________? (careful)
- When did you learn ____________________________________________? (easy)
- When did you argue ______________________________________________? (angry)
- When did you wake up ____________________________________________? (early)
- When did you get to work __________________________________________? (late)
Lesson 5
Here is the worksheet for the group exercise.
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Lesson 6
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