Exercise: superlatives 3.

How to make the superlative of adverbs in English.

Make superlative sentences of the adverbs in brackets ( ). Use a positive superlative (example 1) or, when you see the " - ", use a negative superlative (example 2).

Example 1:
Of all the girls at the office, Mary dresses (attractively).

Answer:
She dresses the most attractively .

Example 2:
Compared to the other speakers at the conference, John spoke (- confidently).

Answer:
He spoke the least confidently .

1) Christopher Froome rode (quickly) in the Tour de France in 2013.

He rode .

2) Compared to the other players Cristiano Ronaldo played (well).

He played .

3) Peter is the student who does his homework (carefully).

He does it .

4) Compared to other reptiles the tortoise moves (slowly).

It moves .

5) In our family, it's my sister who visits our grandmother (often).

She visits .

6) I visit that website (- frequently). I prefer other websites.

I visit it .

7) All the competitors did well but the Italian did (- well).

He did .

8) The cheetah runs (fast)

It runs but the blue whale travels (far) .

9) Of all the guests at the party, my girlfriend arrived (late).

She arrived .

10) The night of the party I went home (early)

I went home and my girlfriend stayed (long) .

*Incorrect answers are shown in red. You have TWO chances to find the correct answers.

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