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Use the superlative form when speaking about three or more objects to show which object is 'the most' of something. Look at the examples in the table:
Car A | Car B | Car C |
Top Speed: 100 Km/hour | Top Speed: 120 Km/hour | Top Speed: 140Km/hour |
Car B drives more quickly than Car A.
Car C drives more quickly than Car B.
Car C drives the most quickly.
The most quickly is the superlative adverb.
How to Form Superlative Adverbs
If an adverb ends in -ly, we use the structure: the most + adverb
Quickly | The most quickly |
Quietly | The most quietly |
Beautifully | The most beautifully |
If the adverb is the same as the adjective, the superlative form is the same for the adjective and the adverb.
Fast | The fastest |
Hard | The hardest |
Late | The latest |
Some adverbs have irregular superlative forms.
Badly | The worst |
Little | The least |
Far | The furthest/farthest |
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