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3.  Irregular adverbs do not follow any rules. For example,


                               Positive                Comparative                    Superlative

                        badly                      worse                      worst

                        well                       better                     best

                        much                       more                       most

                        little                     less                       least


                        far                        farther                    farthest

                        far                        further                    furthest



                  C.  Use the correct degree of comparison to complete these sentences.

                     1.  He played                                    me. (badly)

                     2.  She stayed in                                   expensive of hotels. (little)

                     3.  Which painting do you like                                     ? (well)

                     4.  Take as                                   as you want. (much)

                     5.  Try to do this                                   next time. (carefully)

                     6.  He ran                                   of all. (fast)

                     7.  You should try                                    for your friend. (hard)

                     8.  He stayed                                   I expected. (long)

                     9.  The committee decided to look into the matter                                 . (far)



                  Correct Use of Some Adverbs

                  1.  Quite

                     ‘Quite’ has two meanings depending on the word that follows it—’a little/
                     moderately, but not very’ or ‘completely/fully’. For example,
                     y   She is quite an intelligent girl.
                     y   The film is quite good.
                  2.  Enough

                     ‘Enough’ means sufficient. It is always placed after the adjective/adverb, but







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