5.2 Adverbs that Compare

Identify the adverb.
Of all the folk heroes those in American tall tales seem to act the most amazingly.

• folk heroes
• tall tales
• most amazingly

Identify the adverb.
Figures such as Paul Bunyan worked more powerfully than any real human could.

• such as
• more powerfully
• real human

Identify the adverb.
Characters like Pecos Bill act more daringly than most folk heroes.

• Pecos Bill
• folk heroes
• more daringly

Identify the adverb.
John Henry acted most nobly of all the folk heroes.

• most nobly
• John Henry
• folk heroes

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John Henry could drive steel _______ of all the workers cutting tunnels for the railroads.

• fastest
• faster

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He worked _______ than any ordinary human.

• harder
• hardest

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In a contest he drove steel _______ than a machine, but he died as a result of the effort.

• more rapidly
• most rapidly

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He showed _______ of all the folk heroes the power of the human spirit.

• more impressively
• most impressively

Choose the comparative form of the word.
swiftly

• more swiftly
• most swiftly

Choose the comparative form of the word.
carefully

• more carefully
• most carefully