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UNIT 4 HOW DO SLOTHS MOVE?
| COMPARATIVE ADVERBS |
| Short adverbs (1 syllable) | fast hard | faster than harder than |
| Longer adverbs (2 or more syllables) | gently | more gently than less gently than |
| Irregular adverbs | well badly | better than worse than |
| MAKING COMPARISON USING ADVERBS |
| slowly easily gently early hard well badly | more slowly more easily more gently earlier harder better worse |
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| ADVERBS OF MANNER |
| Sloths are quiet. Dogs are quick learners. Are owls patient hunters? | Sloths move quietly. Dogs learn quickly. Do owls hunt patiently? |
| Bees are hard workers. Rabbits are fast runners. | Bees work hard. Rabbits run fast. |
| Dolphins are good swimmers. | Dolphins swim well. |
| How does a tiger hunt? | It hunts quietly and fiercely. |
| FORMING ADVERBS FROM ADJECTIVES |
| Most adjectives | Add -ly | slow bad | slowly badly |
| Adjectives ending in -y | Drop -y Add -ily | easy happy | easily happily |
| Adjectives ending in -le | Drop -e Add -y | gentle terrible | gently terribly |
| The adjectives early, fast, hard, late, and high | No change | early hard | early hard |
| The adjective good | Change to well | good | well |
