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Use the comparative form to show the difference between two objects. Look at the examples in the table:
| Car A | Car B |
| Top Speed: 100 Km/hour | Top Speed: 120 Km/hour |
Car A drives more slowly than Car B.
Car B drives more quickly than Car A.
More slowly and more quickly are comparative adverbs.
How to Form Comparative Adverbs
If an adverb ends in -ly, we use the structure: more + adverb + than.
| Quickly | More quickly than |
| Quietly | More quietly than |
| Beautifully | More beautifully than |
If the adverb is the same as the adjective, the comparative form is the same for the adjective and the adverb.
| Fast | Faster |
| Hard | Harder |
| Late | Later |
Some adverbs have irregular comparative forms.
| Badly | Worse |
| Little | Less |
| Far | Further/farther |
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