Exercise 1

In the following sentences mark which adverbs are used in the positive,

which in the comparative and which in the superlative degree:

1. He came too late to get his letter.

2. I can understand clearly since you have explained the matter to me.

3. He speaks most truly concerning a matter of which he is well

informed.

4. If he comes quickly he will arrive in time.

5. I will be able to speak more effectively when I have studied the

subject.

6. Those who argue most ably are those who are in complete possession

of the facts.

7. He needs to take a course such as this very badly.

8. I am too weary to go farther today.

9. This is the least expensive of them all.

10. If he arrives later in the day I will not be able to see him.

11. I can understand him more clearly than I can his friend.

12. You must work more rapidly under the Taylor system of efficiency.

13. Those who are least trained lose their positions first.

14. Those who are best fitted for the positions do not always receive

them.

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