Comparative and superlative adverbs compare actions. Learn about comparative and superlative adverbs with BBC Bitesize French. For students between the ages of 14 and 16.

This is the grammar of degrees, and there are three degrees of adjectives and adverbs: positive, comparative and superlative. Adjectives describe nouns.

Adverbs can have comparatives, too, but most of the time they're formed with "more" (i.e., people read more quickly than they talk).

Another group of words, adverbs, can also be used like comparative and superlative adjectives but to compare actions or adjectives rather than nouns or things. Here's an example.

Most adjectives and adverbs are regular and form the comparative and superlative in one of two ways. What rules might you keep in mind in determining which form such modifiers ought to take?